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The Life and Traditions of the Red Man: A Rediscovered Treasure of Native American Literature

The Life and Traditions of the Red Man: A Rediscovered Treasure of Native American Literature

Kolodny, Annette
Nicolar, Joseph

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Biographies GeneralNative American HistoryGeneral United States History

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ISBN10: 0822340097
ISBN13: 9780822340096
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Feb 28 2007
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Joseph Nicolar's The Life and Traditions of the Red Man tells the story of his people from the first moments of creation to the earliest arrivals and eventual settlement of Europeans. Self-published by Nicolar in 1893, this is one of the few sustained narratives in English composed by a member of an Eastern Algonquian-speaking people during the nineteenth century. At a time when Native Americans' ability to exist as Natives was imperiled, Nicolar wrote his book in an urgent effort to pass on Penobscot cultural heritage to subsequent generations of the tribe and to reclaim Native Americans' right to self-representation. This extraordinary work weaves together stories of Penobscot history, precontact material culture, feats of shamanism, and ancient prophecies about the coming of the white man. An elder of the Penobscot Nation in Maine and the grandson of the Penobscots' most famous shaman-leader, Old John Neptune, Nicolar brought to his task a wealth of traditional knowledge.

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