I dreamed the animals
Subtitle: Kaneuketat : the life of an Innu hunter
By: [edited by] Georg Henriksen.
Contributors: Henriksen, Georg.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781845454890
Subjects: Kaneuketat, -- d. 1974; Naskapi Indians -- Biography; Naskapi Indians -- Hunting; Naskapi Indians -- Social life and customs; Caribou hunting -- Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador -- Social life and customs
Genres: Biography.
Description: "This is Kaniuekutat's book. In it, he tells the story of his life and that of Innu culture in the northern parts of Labrador. The pages of this book are filled with the voice of Kaniuekutat giving his account of an Innu hunter's life and the problems and distress that have been caused by sedentarization and village life. Kaniuekutat invites us to see Innu society and culture from the inside, the way he lives it and reflects upon it. He was greatly concerned that young Innu may lose their traditional culture and the skills necessary to make a living as hunters, and wanted to convey a message: the Innu must take care of their language, their culture and their traditions."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The day I became a hunter; title: Kauitatikumat : the boy who married a caribou; title: Gifts from the animal spirits; title: The shaking tent, Mishtapeu and the shaman; title: The power of myths; title: The elders always found a way to find animals; title: Atshen and the shaman; title: The myth of Aiasheu; title: To travel alone is dangerous; title: The myth of Mehutshu; title: Meminiteu and Atshen; title: I dreamt the animals; title: Impact with no return; title: Atsheniss and the shaman; title: Kuekuatsheu made the world; title: Only priests and God keep records; title: Tshiushuass; title: Innu-white relations : from mutual respect to mistrust; title: Alcohol didn't solve my problems; title: I wanted to die; title: Some anthropological reflections.