{"product_id":"living-with-animals-ojibwe-spirit-powers-paperback-softback-9781442614796","title":"Living with Animals; Ojibwe Spirit Powers (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442614796","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLiving with Animals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOjibwe Spirit Powers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Pomedli (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442614796\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘An impressive piece of scholarship and it breaks new ground regarding the Midewiwin or Grand Medicine Society… Living with Animals is a welcome resource for students and scholars and I also highly recommend to general readers who have an interest in native spirituality.’ - Lawrence T. Martin (Prairie Messenger July 2, 2014) ‘This engaging and engrossing study focuses on the cultural forms of Native expression in 19th-century Ojibwe medicine societies and communities… \u003cem\u003eLiving with Animals\u003c\/em\u003e offers an impressive amount of meticulous data-including traditional narratives, scrolls, textiles, and petroglyphs.’ - A.R. McKee (Choice vol 52:02:2014) \u003cp\u003e‘This book makes a unique contribution to the literature on Ojibwe culture by emphasizing the place of animal and spiritual beings in nineteenth-century Ojibwe ontology, behavior and world view.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Darrel Manitowabi (The Canadian Journal of Native Studies vol 34:02:2014)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin nineteenth-century Ojibwe\/Chippewa medicine societies, and in communities at large, animals are realities and symbols that demonstrate cultural principles of North American Ojibwe nations. \u003cem\u003eLiving with Animals\u003c\/em\u003e presents over 100 images from oral and written sources – including birch bark scrolls, rock art, stories, games, and dreams – in which animals appear as kindred beings, spirit powers, healers, and protectors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Pomedli shows that the principles at play in these sources are not merely evidence of cultural values, but also unique standards brought to treaty signings by Ojibwe leaders. In addition, these principles are norms against which North American treaty interpretations should be reframed. The author provides an important foundation for ongoing treaty negotiations, and for what contemporary Ojibwe cultural figures corroborate as ways of leading a good, integrated life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreface \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Challenging Western thought\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The power of bear grease\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bears as persons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Transformative possibilities make definitive judgments difficult\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Scope of this book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Geography of the Ojibwe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Goals and methodology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Use of terms; spellings, illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Acknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Genesis of this book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Permissions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter One: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grand Medicine Society, the Midewiwin \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Membership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Wabeno, Jessakkid, and Midewiwin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Origins of the Midewiwin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Cosmic ordering\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Nanabush\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Health and the Midewiwin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Functions of the Midewiwin\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Sound of the drum\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Medicine bags\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Birch bark scrolls, the lodge, teachings, ceremonies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Midewiwin and rock art\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear, the “guiding spirit of the Midewiwin”\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Megis\/shell\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Midewiwin and leadership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Paths of the Spirit”: Moral Values in the Writings of Four 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-Century Ojibwe in the Spirit of the Midewiwin \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Peter Jones: Like the “red squirrel” who stores nuts, store works of the Great Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Andrew J. Blackbird: “The Great Spirit is looking upon thee continually”\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e George Copway: “I am one of Nature’s children.”\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e William Whipple Warren: ”There is much yet to be learned from the wild and apparently simple son of the forest”\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOtter: the Playful Slider \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Physical otter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Otter as representational\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Otter as patterned\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Otter and Ojibwe standards of life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Four: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOwls: Images and Voices in the Ojibwe and Midewiwin World \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Classification and characteristics of owls\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Owl as bad luck, bad medicine\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Owl as protector and healer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Owl as a teacher of altruism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Owl and directions, winds and seasons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Owl and the dead\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Owl and conservation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Owl and origin of day and night\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Representations of owl\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Five: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOmnipresent and Ambivalent Bears \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bears’ anatomy, physiology, and behavior\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Ojibwe relationships with bears\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Representations of bear in ceremonial performances\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Near identity of bears and Ojibwe\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear in the Midewiwin ceremonies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Totems\/dodems, clans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Evil bears\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear as archshadow\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear as celestial\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bears and visions of sound\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear as medicine and healer: following the bear path\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear as patterned\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear as child abductor\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear as environmental guardian, mother\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Games\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Bear and greed\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Six: Water Creatures \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Harmful creatures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Snakes and the afterlife\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Helpful creatures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Women, water and snakes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Sea creatures and copper\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Sea creatures and silver\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e The Little People\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Seven: Thunderbirds \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul style='\"list-style-type:none;\"'\u003e \u003cli\u003e Thunderbirds as givers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Interrelationships among humans, sky and water creatures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Birds and play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Thunderbirds and Ojibwe life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Thunderers as communicators and protectors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Thunderbird symbolism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Leadership among Ojibwe\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The sweat lodge\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix C\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Bear as celestial\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Ojibwe historical relationship with copper\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix E\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Lacrosse and war\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliography \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand 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