The voice of the dawn : an autohistory of the Abenaki nation
Annotation "[My story is a sash woven of many strands of language. The first strand is the remembered wisdom of the Abenaki community. The second strand is our history and that of our relatives, written down by European, Native American, and Euroamerican observers. The third strand is what our Mother the Earth has revealed to us through the studies and writings of those who delve in her, the archaeologists and paleoecologists. The fourth strand is my own family history and its stories. The fifth strand is, of course, that which has come to me alone, stories which I create with my own beliefs and visions."
So begins the first book about Abenaki history and culture written from the inside. Frederick Matthew Wiseman's extensive research and personal engagement breathe life into Voice of the Dawn, making it truly unique. Colin Calloway, Chair of Native American Studies at Dartmouth College, writes, "Going beyond all previous works on the Abenakis, Wiseman draws on family
eBook, English, ©2001
University Press of New England, Hanover, NH, ©2001
History
1 online resource (xvii, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781584650591, 1584650591
679040881
Introduction and methods of research
The coming of the great animals : the years of the Adebaskedon (13,000 to 10,000 winters ago)
The forest closes in : the years of the moose (10,000 to 6,500 winters ago)
The land becomes warm : the years of the log ships (6,500 to 1,000 winters ago)
The coming of the others : the years of corn (1,000 to 400 years ago)
Darkness falls : the years of the beaver (Christian years 1600 to 1820)
Against the darkness : the years of the fox (Christian years 1820 to 1970)
The darkness ends : the years of the bear (Christian years 1970 to 1994)
The modern Abenaki (Christian years 1995- )
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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