Louis Bird, The Spirit Lives in the Mind: Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams.
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Manitoba History
Publication Date: 01-OCT-07 |
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access |
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Full Article Title: Louis Bird, The Spirit Lives in the Mind: Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams.(Book review) |
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Article Excerpt
Louis Bird, The Spirit Lives in the Mind: Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams Compiled and edited by Susan Elaine Gray. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007, 256 pages. ISBN 0773532102, $29.95 (paperback).
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Intended as "a source book for readers who wish to gain an insider's view of Omushkego ... culture and its spiritual underpinnings" (p.xvii), this book is truly amazing. No matter how seemingly skilled an Omushkego hunter was, s/he might not find food. Despite knowing the habits of one's prey and having the best tools or weapons, the hunter just might not be successful. S/he also needed to have mental and emotional strength and powers to live harmoniously with both prey and people--a unique worldview, a "Spirit [that] Lives in the Mind." You can read one man's account of this complex worldview thanks to Louis Bird's generosity in sharing what he has learned from traditional stories and historian Susan Gray's skill at selecting and weaving them together in a respectful...
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