The Mishomis book : the voice of the Ojibway /

Recounts the legends, customs, and history of the Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benton-Banai, Edward, 1934-2020 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Hayward, WI : University of Minnesota Press ; Indian Country Communications, 2010
Edition:First University of Minnesota Press edition
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Ojibway creation story
  • Original man walks the earth
  • Original man and his grandmother No-ko'-mis
  • The Earth's first people
  • The great flood
  • Waynaboozhoo and the search for his father
  • Waynaboozhoo and his return to the people
  • The seven grandfathers and the little boy
  • The old man and the first midewiwin ceremony
  • The clan system
  • The pipe and the eagle
  • The sweat lodge
  • The seven fires
  • The migration of the Anishinabe
  • Stepping into modern history