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The Blind Man and the Loon

Author : Craig Mishler
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496210107
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Blind Man and the Loon written by Craig Mishler and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Blind Man and the Loon is a living Native folktale about a blind man who is betrayed by his mother or wife but whose vision is magically restored by a kind loon. Variations of this tale are told by Native storytellers all across Alaska, arctic Canada, Greenland, the Northwest Coast, and even into the Great Basin and the Great Plains. As the story has traveled through cultures and ecosystems over many centuries, individual storytellers have added cultural and local ecological details to the tale, creating countless variations. In The Blind Man and the Loon: The Story of a Tale, folklorist Craig Mishler goes back to 1827, tracing the story's emergence across Greenland and North America in manuscripts, books, and in the visual arts and other media such as film, music, and dance theater. Examining and comparing the story's variants and permutations across cultures in detail, Mishler brings the individual storyteller into his analysis of how the tale changed over time, considering how storytellers and the oral tradition function within various societies. Two maps unequivocally demonstrate the routes the story has traveled. The result is a masterful compilation and analysis of Native oral traditions that sheds light on how folktales spread and are adapted by widely diverse cultures.

The Blind Boy and the Loon

Author : Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Publisher : Inhabit Media
ISBN 13 : 9781927095577
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book The Blind Boy and the Loon written by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and published by Inhabit Media. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a traditional Inuit origin story of how the narwhal came to exist.

The Blind Boy & the Loon

Author : Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book The Blind Boy & the Loon written by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a traditional Inuit origin story of how the narwhal came to exist.

Legend of the Loons Necklace

Author : Christopher Big Plume
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525530933
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Legend of the Loons Necklace written by Christopher Big Plume and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve ever heard it, you know that Loons have a very distinctive call like no other bird. Their calls echo over many hundreds of Canada’s lakes in spring, summer and fall. But, if you’ve ever seen a loon, you’ll know that they also have very special markings like no other bird. The Secret of the Loon’s Necklace is the traditional Indigenous legend of how the loons got their special neck and back markings. It is the story of old Kelora, a self-proclaimed medicine man who is almost blind. Mocked by almost his whole tribe, he proves that there is still magic in the land of humans and animals. He also proves that being old doesn’t mean you can’t use that magic to help your family and community. The old and those with disabilities, too, have value in our communities. His story shows how much more we can achieve when we work together and respect each other.

The Blind Assassin

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : Emblem Editions
ISBN 13 : 1551994941
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book The Blind Assassin written by Margaret Atwood and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.” These words are spoken by Iris Chase Griffen, married at eighteen to a wealthy industrialist but now poor and eighty-two. Iris recalls her far from exemplary life, and the events leading up to her sister’s death, gradually revealing the carefully guarded Chase family secrets. Among these is “The Blind Assassin,” a novel that earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, it was a pulp fantasy improvised by two unnamed lovers who meet secretly in rented rooms and seedy cafés. As this novel-within-a-novel twists and turns through love and jealousy, self-sacrifice and betrayal, so does the real narrative, as both move closer to war and catastrophe. Margaret Atwood’s Booker Prize-winning sensation combines elements of gothic drama, romantic suspense, and science fiction fantasy in a spellbinding tale.

The Loon's Necklace

Author : Elizabeth Cleaver
Publisher : Demco Media
ISBN 13 : 9780606044707
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book The Loon's Necklace written by Elizabeth Cleaver and published by Demco Media. This book was released on 1977 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Canadian Indian tale about an old blind man whose sight is restored with the help of a magical loon is interpreted through the collage artwork of a noted illustrator.

Taatsaa' Shaa K' Exalthet

Author : Kenny Thomas
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806136592
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Taatsaa' Shaa K' Exalthet written by Kenny Thomas and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1922, Kenny Thomas Sr. has been a trapper, firefighter, road builder, river-freight hauler, and soldier. Today he is a respected elder and member of a northern Athabaskan tribal group residing in Tanacross, Alaska. As a song and dance leader for the Tanacross community, Thomas has been teaching village traditions at an annual culture camp for more than twenty years. Over a three-year period, folklorist Craig Mishler conducted a series of interviews with Thomas about his life experiences. Crow Is My Boss is the fascinating result of this collaboration. Written in a style that reflects the dialogue between Thomas and Mishler, Crow Is My Boss retains the authenticity of Thomas’s voice, capturing his honesty and humor. Thomas reveals biographical details, performs and explains traditional folktales and the potlatch tradition, and discusses ghosts and medicine people. One folktale is presented in both English and Tanacross, Thomas’s native language. A compelling personal story, Crow Is My Boss provides insight into the traditional and contemporary culture of Tanacross Athabaskans in Alaska. Volume 250 in the Civilization of the American Indian series

The Blind Man

Author : David Herbert Lawrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book The Blind Man written by David Herbert Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Way of Inuit Art

Author : Emily Elisabeth Auger
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786418886
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book The Way of Inuit Art written by Emily Elisabeth Auger and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inuit art, both ancient and contemporary, has inspired the interest of scholars, collectors and art lovers around the globe. This book examines Inuit art from prehistory to the present with special attention to methodology and aesthetics, exploring the ways in which it has been influenced by and has influenced non-Inuit artists and scholars. Part One gives the history of the main art-producing prehistoric traditions in the North American arctic, concentrating on the Dorset who once flourished in the Canadian region. It also demonstrates the influence of theories such as evolutionism, diffusionism, ethnographic comparison, and shamanism on the interpretation of prehistoric Inuit art. Part Two demonstrates the influence of such popular theories as nationalism, primitivism, modernism, and postmodernism on the aesthetics and representation of twentieth-century Canadian Inuit art. This discussion is supported by interviews conducted with Inuit artists. A final chapter shows the presence of Inuit art in the mainstream multi-cultural environment, with a discussion of its influence on Canadian artist Nicola Wojewoda. The work also presents various Inuit artists' reactions to Wojewoda's work.

A Christmas Carol

Author : Israel Horovitz
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780822202110
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Christmas Carol written by Israel Horovitz and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1979-10 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Famous the world over, the often bizarre and ultimately heart-warming story of Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and the others needs no detailing here. Mr. Horovitz's adaptation follows the Dickens original scrupulously but, in bringing i

The Blind Boy and the Loon, and Other Eskimo Myths

Author : Ramona Maher
Publisher : New York : John Day Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blind Boy and the Loon, and Other Eskimo Myths written by Ramona Maher and published by New York : John Day Company. This book was released on 1969 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven Eskimo legends and tales have been gathered from Eskimo oral literature of the eastern and western sub-Arctic and Arctic regions.

Walden

Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Walden written by Henry David Thoreau and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Loonshots

Author : Safi Bahcall
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250185971
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Loonshots written by Safi Bahcall and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Instant WSJ bestseller * Translated into 18 languages * #1 Most Recommended Book of the year (Bloomberg annual survey of CEOs and entrepreneurs) * An Amazon, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Forbes, Inc., Newsweek, Strategy + Business, Tech Crunch, Washington Post Best Business Book of the year * Recommended by Bill Gates, Daniel Kahneman, Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, Sid Mukherjee, Tim Ferriss Why do good teams kill great ideas? Loonshots reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behavior that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Bahcall, a physicist and entrepreneur, shows why teams, companies, or any group with a mission will suddenly change from embracing new ideas to rejecting them, just as flowing water will suddenly change into brittle ice. Mountains of print have been written about culture. Loonshots identifies the small shifts in structure that control this transition, the same way that temperature controls the change from water to ice. Using examples that range from the spread of fires in forests to the hunt for terrorists online, and stories of thieves and geniuses and kings, Bahcall shows how a new kind of science can help us become the initiators, rather than the victims, of innovative surprise. Over the past decade, researchers have been applying the tools and techniques of this new science—the science of phase transitions—to understand how birds flock, fish swim, brains work, people vote, diseases erupt, and ecosystems collapse. Loonshots is the first to apply this science to the spread of breakthrough ideas. Bahcall distills these insights into practical lessons creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries can use to change our world. Along the way, readers will learn how chickens saved millions of lives, what James Bond and Lipitor have in common, what the movie Imitation Game got wrong about WWII, and what really killed Pan Am, Polaroid, and the Qing Dynasty. “If The Da Vinci Code and Freakonomics had a child together, it would be called Loonshots.” —Senator Bob Kerrey

Black Ducks & Salmon Bellies

Author : Craig Mishler
Publisher : Donning Company Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781578642182
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Black Ducks & Salmon Bellies written by Craig Mishler and published by Donning Company Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Ducks and Salmon Bellies presents a comprehensive look at two Kodiak archipelago villages with a rich cultural history that extends from prehistory to Russian America to the present day. Author Craig Mishler spent over ten years visiting these rural Native Alaskan communities in the wake of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, illuminating such diverse topics as local history, demography, political organization, kinship, and expressive culture. Documenting the changes in these two communities over recent years, Black Ducks and Salmon Bellies paints a portrait of economic development amid a distinctive, vital way of life, as interviews with elders allow readers to hear a multiplicity of voices and identities when the Alutiiq people tell their own fascinating stories.

Everyman's English; Secondary Level

Author : Yitschak Enav
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Everyman's English; Secondary Level written by Yitschak Enav and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

People of the Lakes

Author : Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 0888647689
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book People of the Lakes written by Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people have a mental picture of the Canadian north that juxtaposes beauty with harshness. For the Van Tat Gwich'in, the northern Yukon is home, with a living history passed on from Elders to youth. This book consists of oral accounts that the Elders have been recording for 50 years, representing more than 150 years of their history, all meticulously translated from Gwich'in. Yet this is more than a gathering of history; collaborator Shirleen Smith provides context for the stories, whether they are focused on an individual or international politics. Anthropologists, folklorists, ethnohistorians, political scientists, economists, Indigenous Peoples, and readers interested in Canada's northernmost regions will find much to fascinate them.

Winter Loon

Author : Susan Bernhard
Publisher : Little A
ISBN 13 : 9781503902985
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Winter Loon written by Susan Bernhard and published by Little A. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When the spring thaw of a frozen Minnesota lake brings about shocking revelations that lead to violence, 15-year-old Wes Ballot embarks on a search for his missing father, the truth about his mother's death and a future he must claim for himself."--