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[First Nations Legends - Typescripts]. Original Title: Indians. Legends - Typescripts

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Date:

n.d., 1903-1905

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MG29-B15, Volume number: 55

Type of material:

Textual material

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2713655

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Robert Bell fonds

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[First Nations Legends - Typescripts]. Original Title: Indians. Legends - Typescripts
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Date(s):

n.d., 1903-1905

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 folder of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Contains typed copies of First Nations stories, most without reference to where they were told and by whom. The titles include, "The Legend of the Man in the Moon," "Why the Skin of the Ermine is White," "Why the Bear has a Short Tail," "The Legend of Shiltee," "Why the Indians Chew the Gum of the Spruce Tree," "The Legend of the Crow," "How the Bear Stole the Sun," "Man and Wife and the Serpent (A Wabanikis Legend)", "Anyasie - A Montagnais Love Story," "Chitacholie kills the Giant," "The Magic Arrow," "An Indian and his Wife are Pursued by an Atoosh," "An Indian Visits a Big Fairy, One of the Michi-Min-A-Kin-A-Go," "An Indian who Associated with Under-Water People," "Nenaboshoo and his Grandmother Hunt Great Beavers," "Nenaboshoo and the Fishing Eagles," "A Bear Destroyed by Conjuring," "The Birth and Early Feats of Nenabozhoo," "A Chief in Love," "Chief Meke-Weche Wins a Battle," "The Huge Hollow Ox," "Nenabozhoo's Adventure with a Deer's Head," "Nenabozhoo's Family Relations," "Wife Beguiled by a Serpent (A Legend of the Hurons)," "The Origin of the Indians," "A Panther Devours an Indian," "The Raccoon and the Wolf," "The Fairies and the Leeches," "The Reward of Treachery," "The Vanishing of the Buffalo," "Why the White Cedar Trees are Twisted," "The Woman in the Moon," "Ko-ko-mis Becomes a Bear," "An Enormous Bird Flys Away with an Indian," "How Shingabise Married and Became a Good Provider," "An Indian Kills a Roaring Beast," "A Visit to a Kingfisher Indian," "The Big Skunk is Killed at Last," "The Blackfoot Nation." Includes pages 20 to 204 removed from the Journal of American Folklore (February 1894) by J.C. Hamilton, which contains "Two Algonquin Legends, The Loon and the Ka-Kakè."

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MSS0585

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Title assigned by Library and Archives Canada.

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Library and Archives Canada recognizes the need for consultation with Indigenous communities and/or organizations in order to respectfully preserve and facilitate access to documentary heritage. Because this file contains traditional knowledge from Indigenous communities, it is not available digitally at this time.

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Private

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MG29-B15
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Volume [MG29 B 15]

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55 File number 2

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