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1 online resource (xxiv, 216 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index. |
| Summary |
In August 1975 at Foxholm Lake on the reserve of the Chipewyan, a Northern Dene people, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the anthropologist Henry S. Sharp and two members of the Mission Band encountered a loon. Loons are prized for their meat and skin, so the two Chipewyan tried-thirty times-to kill it. The loon, in a brazen display of power, thwarted these attempts and in doing so revealed itself to be a "spirit." In this book, Sharp embarks on a narrative exploration of the Chipewyan culture that examines the nature of a reality within which wild animals are both persons and spirits. In an unforgettable journey through the symbolic universe and daily life of the Chipewyan of Mission, his work uses the context and meaning of the loon encounter to show how spirits are an actual and almost omnipresent aspect of life. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chipewyan philosophy.
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Chipewyan philosophy. |
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Chipewyan mythology.
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Chipewyan mythology. |
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Chipewyan Indians -- Social life and customs.
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Chipewyan Indians -- Social life and customs. |
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Chipewyan Indians. |
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Northwest Territories -- Social life and customs.
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Northwest Territories. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sharp, Henry S. Loon. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2001 0803242921 (DLC) 2001017447 (OCoLC)45963270 |
| ISBN |
0803202385 (electronic book) |
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9780803202382 (electronic book) |
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1280374152 |
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9781280374159 |
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0803242921 |
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9780803242920 |
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0803293216 (paperback) |
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9780803293212 (paperback) |
| Sudoc No. |
U5001 T885 -2001 |
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