Wolf That I Am: In Search of the Red Earth People - Brossura

McTaggart, Fred

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0806119055 ISBN 13: 9780806119052

Casa editrice: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1984

Riassunto

The Mesquakiespopularly known as the Fox, or Sac and Fox, Indianswere a large and powerful people in the Great Lakes region in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Now they live on approximately 3,000 acres of communal property near Tama, Iowa, surrounded by white middle-class farmers.

Wolf That I Am is the story of a young white academic’s encounter with the Mesquakies whom he got to know while collecting folklore for his dissertation. Fred McTaggart had expected to find a dying oral culture. Instead, he found a thriving way of life based on families and clans, linking the present-day Mesquakie Indians with previous generations, including ancestors who lived before the world was created in its present form. This encounter with a people who live ideas instead of thinking them inspired McTaggart to unlock secrets within himself.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0806119055
• ISBN 13: 9780806119052
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 201
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile