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The Micmac Indians of eastern Canada

Wilson D. Wallis and Ruth Sawtell Wallis c1955 © Regents of the University of Minnesota
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  • 9780816660148 (paper)
  • 9781452936895 (ebook)
Subject
  • Native Peoples of the Americas
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  • PART ONE Tribal Life
    • I STUDIES OF THE MICMAC (page 3)
    • II ELNU, THE PEOPLE (page 14)
    • III ECONOMIC LIFE (page 25)
    • IV SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, CRAFTS (page 57)
    • V CONCEPTS OF THE NATURAL WORLD (page 97)
    • VI ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY (page 106)
    • VII THE BODY IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH (page 120)
    • VIII MENTAL PROCESSES (page 137)
    • IX RELIGION (page 142)
    • X THE SUPERNATURAL (page 151)
    • XI SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION (page 171)
    • XII DANCE, SONG, AND GAMES (page 191)
    • XIII INTERTRIBAL ORIENTATION AND RELATIONS (page 202)
    • XIV FAMILY, KIN, AND MARRIAGE (page 226)
    • XV FROM BIRTH TO DEATH (page 248)
    • XVI THE MODERN MICMAC (page 270)
  • GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 309)
  • PART TWO Folktales and Traditions
  • INTRODUCTION (Wilson D. Wallis, page 317)
    • I TALES ABOUT GLUSKAP (page 321)
    • II SUPERNATURAL BEINGS (page 338)
    • III MYTHIC PEOPLES (page 348)
    • IV GHOST, WILL-O'-THE-WISP (page 368)
    • V SUPERNATURAL POWERS (page 376)
    • VI KESKAMZIT [MAGICAL GOOD LUCK] (page 392)
    • VII SUPERNATURAL PLACES (page 395)
    • VIII ORIGINS OF MATERIAL CULTURE (page 396)
    • IX HUMAN ADVENTURES (page 401)
    • X ANIMAL STORIES (page 413)
    • XI HISTORY AND TRADITION (page 447)
    • TALES TOLD IN 1950 AND 1953 (page 481)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MICMAC FOLKLORE (page 493)
  • APPENDIX A ZOOLOGICAL TERMS (page 497)
  • APPENDIX B BOTANICAL TERMS (page 502)
  • APPENDIX C ANATOMICAL TERMS (page 505)
  • KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS (page 507)
  • INDEX (page 508)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JAF 69.274 (Oct. 1956): 398 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8715%28195610%2F12%2969%3A274%3C398%3ATMIOEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
SF 34.4 (May 1956): 397 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0037-7732%28195605%2934%3A4%3C397%3ATMIOEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
AANTH 57.6 (Dec. 1995): 1311-1313 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7294%28195512%292%3A57%3A6%3C1311%3ATMIOEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
ETH 2.3 (Summer 1955): 273-277 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0014-1801%28195522%292%3A3%3C273%3ATMIOEC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N
Man 55 (Jul.1955): 109-110 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0025-1496%28195507%291%3A55%3C109%3A1%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
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