The Mishomis book : the voice of the Ojibway /
by Edward Benton-Banai.
- First University of Minnesota Press edition.
- v, 114 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Cover title. Originally published: St. Paul, Minn. : Indian Country Press, c1979.
The Ojibway creation story -- Original man walks the earth -- Original man and his grandmother No-ko'-mis -- The Earth's first people -- The great flood -- Waynaboozhoo and the search for his father -- Waynaboozhoo and his return to the people -- The seven grandfathers and the little boy -- The old man and the first midewiwin ceremony -- The clan system -- The pipe and the eagle -- The sweat lodge -- The seven fires -- The migration of the Anishinabe -- Stepping into modern history.
Recounts the legends, customs, and history of the Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
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Indians of North America--Wisconsin--Folklore. Ojibwa Indians--Folklore. Ojibwa mythology--Juvenile literature.