Preface Chapter 1: The Rock Cree and their Literature The Rock Cree of Northern Manitoba Categories of Cree Oral Literature Chapter 2: acaoohkiwin: The wisahkicahk Cycle Cornelius Colomb Narrative Rolling Head Contest with wimisosiw The Women and the "Sickness" The Flood Marries Daughter Jeremiah Michel Narrative Contest with wimisosiw The Flood and the New Earth Goose Transformation Shut-Eye Dancers Squeezed by Trees wihtikow and Weasel Eye Juggler The Startlers The Farting Hunter Bear's Eye Medicine Muskrat Cools Grease Fly Transformation Fooled by Reflections Scab Eater Moose Transformation Marries Daughter Albert Umferville Narrative Tricks Moose and Squeezed by Birds The Startlers Fooled by Reflections Bear's Eye Medicine Other Versions and Narratives wihtikow and Weasel wihtikow and Weasel Marries Daughter Marries Daughter Contest with wimisosiw Eye Juggler Goose Transformation The Shut-Eye Dancers The Shut-Eye Dancers Fooled by Reflections Muskrat Cools Grease The Startlers The Farting Hunter and the Scab Eater The Farting Hunter The Flood and the New Earth The Flood and the New Earth wisahkicahk and the Baby wisahkicahk Changes Frog, Muskrat, and Bear Rolling Head Chapter 3: Discussion of the Trickster-Transformer Cycle wisahkicahk and nenapos Rock Cree Knowledge of wisahkicahk Syntagmatic Structure and Sequencing The Stories Rolling Head Contest with wimisosiw The Flood and the New Earth Goose Transformation The Shut-Eye Dancers Squeezed by Trees Tricks Moose and Squeezed by Birds wihtikow and Weasel Eye Juggler The Startlers The Farting Hunter Bear's Eye Medicine Muskrat Cools Fat Fly Transformation Fooled by Reflections Scab Eater Moose Transformation Marries Daughter Imitates Baby wisahkicahk Changes Frog, Bear, and Muskrat Chapter 4: Other acaoohkiwina Introduction: The pawakan and the wihtikow Other acaoohkiwana The Origin of Animals God's Oven Wolverine and Wolf The Bear Abductor mistapew The Thunder Women ayas maskokosan mistacayawasis The Hairy-Heart People kayanwi Kills Hairy Hearts at the Beaver Lodge kayanwi Kills Hairy Hearts with Trees Wolverine, Wolf, and Fire Medicine The wihcikosiak cahkapis Kills Giants and Snares the Sun The Dog Council Wolverine Defeats Great Skunk Wolf and Dog Wolverine, Wolf, and Dog Chapter 5: kayas-acimowina okimaw acahpiy Kills a Caribou with Snow mimikwisiwak manicow The Rival Suitors Medicine Woman Defeats witikow Repulsing a witikow Flight from a witikow witikow and the Big-Rock pawakan Chapter 6: kayas-acimowina: manitokiwin and Catholicism Introduction The Arrival of the Priests misil Kills a witikowak Simulated Crucifixion Simulated Crucifixion II: Jesus at Highrock Flying to Heaven Eskimo in Heaven Last Offering Chapter 7: acimowina: witikow Encounters and Medicine Stories Barren Lands witikow Laurie River witikow P.B. and witikow Moose Lake witikow Nelson House witikow Introduction to the Medicine Narratives Sled Medicine Hair Medicine Soccer Medicine Insect Medicine Enlargement Medicine Dr. Young and the Saskatoon Medicine Man Dr. Young's Love Medicine Can't Refuse Medicine Goldsand Lake witikow Antoine Dumas's Prophecies Chapter 8: acimowina: Humour Introduction Trapper Tricks witikow Drowning the Moose The Voluble Wolverine Edmund Sinclair in the Chimney The First Bush Pilot Jimmy Bighetty Rides a Moose The Dumb Partner: The Lost Ducks The Dumb Partner: The Cat Impersonator The Dumb Partner: Feasting in Heaven The Dumb Partner: Scabby Suitor Chapter 9: Tests: Animal Marriages Introduction The Bear Husband The Beaver Wife References Cited
"...Overall, Brightman's insightful analysis and year of experience with the Rock Crees of Manitoba make this book an invaluable collection of oral narratives. An extensive reference list of nearly 100 separate resources provides an excellent tool for additional research on the topic...This is a perfect book for undergraduate and graduate students studying Canadian folklore, mythology, and North American Indian studies. -Matthew J. Forss, American Review of Canadian Studies
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