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Author Reid, Jennifer

Title Finding Kluskap : A Journey into Mi'kmaw Myth
Published University Park : Penn State University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (116 p.)
Series Signifying (on) Scriptures ; v.2
Signifying (on) Scriptures.
Contents Cover Page -- Half title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Treaties and Aquatic Parasites -- 2 Kluskap and Aboriginal Rights -- 3 The Saint Anne's Day Mission -- 4 Knowing How and Where to Be -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover
Summary "Studies the mythic hero Kluskap of the Mi'kmaw people of eastern Canada, along with a series of eighteenth-century treaties and an annual Mi'kmaw mission to Saint Anne. Suggests that Kluskap, the treaties, and the mission are intertwined in a way that expresses a unique critique of modernity"--Provided by publisher
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Micmac Indians -- Social life and customs
Micmac Indians -- Government relations
Micmac mythology.
Gluskap (Legendary character)
Gluskap (Legendary character)
Micmac Indians -- Government relations
Micmac Indians -- Social life and customs
Micmac mythology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271070063
0271070064