Opimotewina wina kapagamawat Witigowa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo

Ken Carriere

• Publisher: University of Regina Press
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9780889779068
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

A first-hand account of a Swampy Cree boy's experiences growing up in the Saskatchewan River Delta, one of the world's largest inland deltas and one of North America's most important ecosystems. Depicting an Indigenous lifestyle that existed in Northern Saskatchewan way past the Fur Trade era, Ken Carriere shares his first-hand account of experiences as a young boy helping his father trapping, fishing, and hunting in the Saskatchewan River Delta. Opim?t?wina w?na kapagamaw?t W?tig?wa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo contains interviews with elders, stories, personal photographs, and poetry, along with some original Swampy Cree translations. Creating a vivid portrait of what it was like to live off the land, Carriere also reveals how hydro-electric dams and other Western endeavours have impacted the livelihoods of so many Northern communities.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• A Note on the Swampy Cree Used in This Book
• Introduction
• Part 1
• On the Land and in the Sky
• Of Wetigos and War
• No Fear, Stay Calm
• Cheechiganihk and the Big Bend
• Muskrats at Salt Lake
• Cut Beaver Lake
• Mossy River Camp
• Do You Feel the Spirit of a Moose?
• Little Cumberland
• Waterfowl Hunting in the Early 1960s
• The South End of Egg Lake
• On the Sacred Grassberry
• The Revered Moose
• Lambair to Get Well, Go Home on “Bombadeer”
• My Father’s Knowledge of the Southern Plains
• 1979
• Homage to Lena Stewart
• Uncle Roger’s Legacy
• Where Prayers Are Called Upon
• Part 2
• Drop by, Don’t Be a Stranger
• Glen Dubinak Interview
• Margaret Schweitzer Interview
• Franklin Cotter Carriere Interview
• John Victor Carriere Interview
• Marie Louise McKenzie Interview
• Elise Sayese Interview
• Appendix:A Guide to Swampy Cree Pronunciation
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