Recommended readings (Part XII)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

"Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree",

© 1971 by McClelland & Stewart Limited

/Click on image to Enlarge/

-

-
These legends, held sacred by the Sandy Lake Cree Indians, have, due to tribal custom, never been recorded before - preserved only in the memory of the elder story-tellers on the reserve. Now, in collaboration with the Cree artist Carl Ray (1943-1978), who translated the stories of his tribe and illustrated them, James R. Stevens*, a collector of folklore, has brought together many of the most fascinating of the legends, and his introduction, outlines the history of these people and their way of life.
-
This volume of Canadiana is an exciting adventure into an isolated part of the country where men with "power" still place curses on adversaries; where marriages are usually arranged by parents; and where old ceremonies are held to cure illness and disease. Even though the impact of the twentieth century is beginning to be felt on the reserve, the sacred legends of the windigo, thunderbirds, and avenging god, still have their place in Cree belief and are recorded here for the first time.
--

-
-
Source: "Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree" by James R. Stevens

/Illustrated by Carl Ray; © 1971 by McClelland & Stewart Limited, ISBN: 0-7710-8355-6/

-

* - Also, James R. Stevens is the author of "ROY THOMAS - The Spirit of Ahnishnabae Art" - A Gallery Edition /www.ahnisnabae-art.com/, ISBN: 0-9688345-0-7 (Click HERE)

-

--
>>> Reference posts:
- Recommended readings (Part I)
/'Dear M: Letters from a Gentleman of Excess' by JACK POLLOCK/,
- Recommended readings (Part II)
/'NORVAL MORRISSEAU: ARTIST AS SHAMAN' by BARY ACE/,
- Recommended readings (Part III)
/'History of the Ojibwa People' by WILLIAM W. WARREN/,
- Recommended readings (Part IV)
/'I am an Indian' - Edited by GEORGE KENTNER GOODERHAM/,
- Recommended readings (Part V)
/'NORVAL MORRISSEAU: SHAMAN ARTIST' by GREG A. HILL/,
- Recommended readings (Part VI)
/'Crooked River' by SHELLEY PEARSALL/,
- Recommended readings (Part VII)
/‘Me Sexy: An Exploration of Native Sex and Sexuality’ by DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR/,
- Recommended readings (Part VIII)
/'Ojibway Heritage' by BASIL JOHNSTON/,
- Recommended readings (Part IX)
/'Windigo and Other Tales of the Ojibways' - Edited by HERBERT T. SCHWARTZ/,
- Recommended readings (Part X)
/'Norval Morrisseau: Travels to the House of Invention' by NORVAL MORRISSEAU/KRG/ &
- Recommended readings (Part XI)
/'CHIPPEWA CUSTOMS' by FRANCES DENSMORE/.

-

-