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Tales from Maliseet Country
Philip S. . Ed(S): Lesourd
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Description for Tales from Maliseet Country
Paperback. Presents a series of tales from Maliseet elders that range from chronicles of shamanistic activity and mysterious events of the distant past, through more conventionally historical narratives, to frankly fictional yarns, fairy tales with roots in European traditions, and personal accounts of subsistence activities and reservation life. Editor(s): LeSourd, Philip S. Translator(s): LeSourd, Philip S. Series: Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
During the summer of 1963, Harvard linguist Karl V. Teeter traveled along the Saint John River, the great thoroughfare of Native New Brunswick, Canada, with his principal Maliseet consultant, Peter Lewis Paul. Together they recorded a series of tales from Maliseet elders whom Paul regarded as among the best Maliseet storytellers born before 1900, including Charles Laporte, Matilda Sappier, Solomon Polchies, William Saulis, and Alexander Sacobie. Paul also contributed eleven narratives of his own. Tales from Maliseet Country presents the transcripts and translations of the texts Teeter collected, together with one tale recorded by linguist Philip S. LeSourd in 1977. The ... Read more
During the summer of 1963, Harvard linguist Karl V. Teeter traveled along the Saint John River, the great thoroughfare of Native New Brunswick, Canada, with his principal Maliseet consultant, Peter Lewis Paul. Together they recorded a series of tales from Maliseet elders whom Paul regarded as among the best Maliseet storytellers born before 1900, including Charles Laporte, Matilda Sappier, Solomon Polchies, William Saulis, and Alexander Sacobie. Paul also contributed eleven narratives of his own. Tales from Maliseet Country presents the transcripts and translations of the texts Teeter collected, together with one tale recorded by linguist Philip S. LeSourd in 1977. The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803224919
SKU
V9780803224919
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About Philip S. . Ed(S): Lesourd
Philip S. LeSourd is an associate professor of anthropology at Indiana University. He is the author of Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy.
Reviews for Tales from Maliseet Country
“This bilingual collection (English and Maliseet) is significant in that it is the first extensive collection to be published in the Maliseet language. . . . Collected in the spirit of salvage anthropology, these stories are a significant starting place for readers with an interest in Algonquian languages or the Maliseet people.”—CHOICE