Born in 1912, Alice Ahenakew was brought up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family, who later became an Anglican clergyman and a prominent healer. Alice Ahenakew's personal reminiscences include stories of her childhood, courtship and marriage, as well as an account of the 1928 influenza epidemic and encounters with a windigo. The centrepiece of this book is the fascinating account of Andrew Ahenakewís bear vision, through which he received healing powers. Written in original Cree text with a full English translation, They Knew both Sides of Medicine also includes an introduction discussing the historical background of the narrative and its style and rhetorical structure, as well as a complete Cree-English glossary.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 497/.3
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780887553103 0887556493
- LCCN
- PM989.A445
- LCCN Item number
- A74 1999eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaMWU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (viii, 314 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00601182 (OCoLC)243614116 (CaOOCEL)413000
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- They knew both sides of medicine
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Case Histories of Living Practice 10
- I: ANGLICAN PRIEST AND CREE HEALER 40
- 1 Coping with a Windigo and the Great Epidemic 41
- 2 Courtship and Marriage 53
- 3 A Tour of England 61
- 4 The Priest's Bear Medicine 71
- II: STRANGE NEW WORLD 92
- 5 Good Times in a Hard Life 93
- 6 A Throw-away Society 101
- 7 An Ungodly Smell 103
- 8 Facing the Other 105
- III: POWERS OF GOOD AND EVIL 112
- 9 Escaping a Windigo and Starvation 113
- 10 Seeking Refuge 121
- 11 A Dreadful Curse (First Telling) 129
- 12 A Dreadful Curse (Second Telling) 139
- Commentary and Notes 150
- Cree-English Glossary 200
- A 202
- C 209
- E 210
- H 211
- I 211
- K 214
- M 220
- N 227
- O 232
- P 234
- S 239
- T 241
- W 243
- Y 246
- English Index to the Glossary 248
- A 250
- B 254
- C 259
- D 264
- E 268
- F 271
- G 274
- H 277
- I 280
- J 282
- K 282
- L 283
- M 286
- N 291
- O 293
- P 295
- Q 300
- R 300
- S 304
- T 312
- U 317
- V 318
- W 319
- Y 323
