List of Maps and Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements, The Editors
Glossary of Cree Terms
Words and Personal Names
Place Names
Suggested Language Resources
Maps
Chapter 1: An Omushkego Storyteller and his Book
A Quotation Story: "It Must Be Your Thigh Bone that You Hear"
Chapter 2: "Now, the Question of Creation": Stories About Beginnings and the World before We Came
Introduction, Paul W. DePasquale
Giant Animals
Mi-she-shek-kak (The Giant Skunk)
Creator Talks to the Animals About the Emergence of the Humans
E-hep
Chapter 3: Mi-te-wi-win: Stories of Shamanism and Survival
Introduction, Mark F. Ruml
The Dream Quest and Mi-te-wi-win
Guidance and Instruction From an Older Relative
Dream Quest
Extra Senses - Mind Power
Mi-te-wak Fights
Introduction to the Shaking Tent, Mark F. Ruml
The Shaking Tent
Chapter 4: Mi-tew Power: Stories of Shamanic Showdowns
Introduction, Mark F. Ruml
The Legend of We-mis-shoosh
The Young Orphan Boy Defeats a Powerful and Feared Mi-tew
Chapter 5: Omens, Mysteries, and First Encounters
Introduction, Jennifer S.H. Brown
The Omushkego Captive and the Na-to-way-wak: A Remarkable Escape
Omens, Mysteries, and First Encounters with Europeans
"I Cannot Have Anything from these We-mis-ti-go-si-wak"
"In the Memory of the Wikeson I-skwe-o"
Cha-ka-pesh and the Sailors
Strangers on Akimiski Island: Helping a Grounded Ship
Wa-pa-mo-win, the Mirror
Chapter 6: "The Wailing Clouds" (Pa-so-way-yan-nask Chi-pe-ta-so-win)
Introduction, Anne Lindsay
The Wailing Clouds
Chapter 7: Arrows and Thunder Sticks: Technologies Old and New
Introduction, Roland Bohr
On Firearms and Archery
Chapter 8: Mi-te-wi-win versus Christianity: Grand Sophia's Story
Introduction, Donna G. Sutherland
Grand Sophia's Near-Death Experience
Chapter 9: Conclusion: Problems and Hopes
References
Notes on Contributors
Index
