Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy =
Subtitle: They knew both sides of medicine : Cree tales of curing and cursing
By: told by Alice Ahenakew ; edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart & Freda Ahenakew.
Contributors: Ahenakew, Freda, 1932-; Wolfart, H. Christoph, 1943-; Algonquian Text Society.
Series: Publications of the Algonquian Text Society
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Published: Nov 22, 2000
Place of publication: Winnipeg
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Cree language -- Texts.; Cree Indians -- Religion.; Cree Indians -- Medicine.; Cree Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.; Cree language -- Dictionaries -- English.
Genres: Texts.; Dictionaries
Other titles: They knew both sides of medicine.
Description: "Born in 1912, Mrs. Alice Ahenakew grew 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 a well-known Anglican priest and Cree healer.".

"Mrs. Ahenakew's personal reminiscences include stories of her childhood, courtship and marriage, as well as an account of the 1918 influenza epidemic and encounters with a windigo. The centrepiece of this book is the fascinating account of the bear vision to which the Rev. Andrew Ahenakew owed his healing powers. Mrs. Ahenakew concludes with the story of an old woman's curse and its terrifying results.".

"This book presents Mrs. Ahenakew's original Cree text along with a full English translation. It 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Text in English and Cree.

Includes bibliographical references.