Whispers of the ancients : native tales for teaching and healing in our time

Song, Tamarack 1948- (Author). Beaver, Moses, 1960- (Added Author).

Summary: Moses (Amik) Beaver is from Nibinamik (Summer Beaver) in Northern Ontario.

Record details

ISBN: 0472071068 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780472071067 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0472051067 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780472051069 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxvii, 196 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
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Publisher: [Ann Arbor, Mich.] : University of Michigan Press, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Dedication : In honor of Keewaydinoquay -- Preface / Moses (Amik) Beaver -- The doorway to these stories -- Introduction : A story to invoke all stories -- Pt. I. The power of the story : where stories come from and why we tell them -- Introduction : Story is life -- The role of stories -- The soul of a story -- The body of a story -- Where stories come from -- The role of the storyteller -- Learning through stories -- Pt. II. The stories -- The gifting way -- Self-discovery -- Winter stories -- The guardian-warrior path -- Seeing through different eyes -- The journey called life -- Afterword -- Glossary -- Glossary of Ojibwe terms.