Mana Wahine Geographies: Spiritual, Spatial and Embodied Understandings of Papatūānuku
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Author/Creator
Naomi Beth Simmonds
Description
Thesis (M.S.S.)--The University of Waikato, 2009.
Personal narratives of Elders from Barrows, Cold Lake, Cranberry Portage, Crane River, Cross Lake, Duck Bay, Mallard, Manigotagan, Moose Lake, Norway House, Pelican Rapids, and Wabowden, communities located in Manitoba.
Discusses Mourning Dove's legend story,The House of Little Men, which contains elements of assimilation and illustrates the writer's storytelling skills.
Story describes the movement of stars associated with the cycle of the seasons.