On The Trail Of Elder Brother : Glous'gap Stories Of The Micmac Indians (Gluskap, Glooscap, Glooskap, Kluscap, Micmac, Miꞌkmaq, Miꞌkmaw) PDF
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R AI L On 1 tAe, of ELDER BROTHER Qiaos'*yap. Staples of t/i& JfLicmac Jndians Jlbt&lcl by MICHAEL RUNNINGWOLF B. (MICMAC NATION) PATRICIA CLARK SMITH &> JUustsuLUons by MICHAEL RUNNING WOLF B. $17.95 (Can. $25.99) / 0-89255-248-4 STORIES OF Glous’GAP, the embodi- ment of the Great Spirit, are told by the many Algonquin-speaking tribes of the United States and Canada. Among them the Micmac of Maine, Quebec, and the is Maritime Provinces. Since the seventeenth century, anthropologists have listened to Micmac storytellers and recorded their tales. Now, for the first time, we are given these tales firsthand. Powerful and joy-filled, they are irresistibly told by two Micmac authors. LIBRARY Beginning with his arrival at the time of Square creation, we follow Glous’gap, also known as Elder Brother, over the course of sixteen tales. PUBLIC He helps shape the earth and populate with it creatures, and he battles the monsters who Copley — threaten his people among them, a water- BOSTON hoarding monster, a giant bird of prey who flies off with women and children, and a who shape-shifting sorceress is Glous’gap’s eternal nemesis. In the last story, the world has become a settled place and Glous’gap has taught his people how to live harmoniously within it. Before he bids farewell, Glous’gap foresees the future, including the ominous coming of the white man, and he promises to return. “Is the time yet upon us when . . . Glous’gap will come back to walk among us? No We one is certain. can only live as he taught us. Always, we wait for his return.” (continuedon backflap) Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/ontrailofelderbrOOmich T RAI L On the ef ELDER BROTHER Qlou&'yafi StoJUes of the, JPUc/nac Jncllans JZetold by MICHAEL RUNNINGWOLF B. (MICMAC NATION) PATRICIA CLARK SMITH &) JUu&tbations. by MICHAEL RUNNINGWOLF B. A KAREN AND MICHAEL BRAZILLER BOOK PERSEA BOOKS/NEW YORK © Copyright 2000 by Michael B. RunningWolf and Patricia Clark Smith © Illustrations 2000 by Michael B. RunningWolf All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission to reprint or to make copies, and for any other information, should be addressed to the publisher: Persea Books, Inc. 171 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016 Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data RunningWolf, Michael B. On the trail ofelder brother: Glous’gap stories ofthe Micmac Indians/retold by Michael B. RunningWolfand Patricia Clark Smith; illustrations by Michael B. RunningWolf. cm. p. ISBN 0-89255-248-4 (he; alk. paper) 1. Gluskap (Legendary' character) 2. Micmac Indians. 3. Micmac mythology. I. Smith, Patricia Clark. II. Title E98.M6 R86 2000 — 398.2’089’973 dc21 99-087597 Designed by Leah Lococo. Typeset in Adobe Caslon. Printed in the United States ofAmerica. First Edition MICHAEL DEDICATES THIS BOOK TO HIS SON JOSEPH ISAAC RUNNINGWOLF, AND TO HIS NIECES BETH AND SHILOH AND HIS NEPHEW LAWRENCE. PAT DEDICATES THIS BOOK TO HER SONS JOSH AND CALEB, HER NIECE SHAULA, HER NEPHEW MAX, AND HER GRAND-GODSON JACKSON. TO THE CHILDREN OF THE MICMAC NATION, AND ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MICMAC PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS T HANKS, ABOVE ALL, to the ancestors who shared their stories. Thanks to our spouses, Kat RunningWolf and John Crawford, who put up with our madness, listened patiently, and gave sage advice. Thanks to our agent Susan Cohen and our editor We Karen Braziller for seeing this book into print. could not wish for better colleagues. Thanks to the many people who read or listened to these stories, and who commented and made suggestions: Tom Rita, Jim, Mike, and Denise Clark; James Colbert; Cummings; Gary and Marlys Harrison; David Johnson; Tony Mares and Carolyn Meyer; K.T. Martin; Elsie and Edythe Mocho; Louis Owens; Rich, Janet, Danny, and Chrissy Pascal; Luci Tapahonso; Sophie Wadsworth; Sharon Oard Warner; Williams and Mike Wolfe; Hugh Jill and Barbara Witemeyer. A special thanks to Victor and Martha Garcia, and to Pat’s students in Native American Literature classes at the New University of Mexico. To all, we say welalin .
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