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Alex Cywink interview #1

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Creator Ireland, Max
Cywink, Alex
 
Date 2009-04-01T21:19:21Z
2009-04-01T21:19:21Z
1983-07-27
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10294/1952
 
Description 16 p. transcript of an interview with Max Ireland conducted by Alex Cywink on July 27, 1983. Taken from the Provincial Museum and Archives of Alberta, tape number IH-OT.024, transcript disc 118.
Consists of an interview where he tells of legends concerning the arrival of white men in North America; Parallels to the Norse (Viking) sagas -- (Is this possibly an example of the oral tradition presenting the Indian view early Viking settlement?). He tells of prophecies concerning the arrival of white men and the eventual return of Indian ways; describes the role of women in pre-Columbian America; and gives accounts of native medical practices and the linguistic evolution.
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Language en
 
Publisher Canadian Plains Research Centre
 
Subject Cartier, Jacques
Agriculture -- Farming
Arts -- Etching
Crafts -- Metallurgy
Education -- Traditional
Government by Indians -- Pre-Columbian
Language -- Evolution of
Medicine and curing practices -- And plant remedies
Medicine men and women -- Healing by
Non-Indians -- First contact with
Non-Indians -- Prophecies regarding
Stories and storytelling (General) -- Unexplained phenomena
Stories and storytelling (Specific) -- How the white man arrived in America
Women -- Influence of
 
Title Alex Cywink interview #1
 
Type Other