Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth | 
| Author: Keewaydinoquay Peschel
Creator: Lee Boisvert
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 916260
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0472069209
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.00497333
EAN: 9780472069200
ASIN: 0472069209
Publication Date: March 2, 2006
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"Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth" shares the life accounts, told in her own words, of the growing-up years of a woman from Michigan of mixed blood - both Indian and white. These warm and graceful stories begin with the author's earliest childhood, and they shed a rare light on the living conditions of Native Americans in Michigan in the early 1900s. They recount Keewaydinoquay's education in the public schools, illuminate the role Christianity played in traditional Native American culture, and reveal the importance of maintaining Native American customs. Keewaydinoquay was one of the very few Native American women who learned the traditional ways of her people, became educated, and combined both native folkways, and her university education to teach people the importance of nature and the human spirit. The stories are gathered from journals, papers for college, transcribed materials, and oral chronicles collected over the last three decades.
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Knowing Kee September 8, 2008
Experiencing Kee was a life-changing experience for me and others. Her books, including this one, give us a sense of her power, knowledge, and heart
A lyrical tale of a native childhood by a great healer April 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Keewaydinoquay, the Anishinaabeg medicine woman and ethnobotanist who recently died was a great inspiration to herbalists, Native and non-native alike. I had the good fortune to attend a workshop with her before she died and her stories have become an important part of my repertoire. This book, partially written by her and partially reconstructed from notes and recordings compiled by her apprentices is a lyrical tale of growing up between worlds. When the great depression hit her family lost money and was forced back to the woods, but for her it was a paradise with wild otters and wild places where she could find specimens to sell to the University for extra money. She tells of her apprenticeship to the venerable medicine woman Nodjimahkwe and the teachings that meant so much to her. I highly recommend it.
What was it like in the 1920s ? March 26, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
So much of what is published about living "native" in the 20th century focuses on events West of the Mississippi. This collection of Michigan stories explains the relationship of people to the natural environment from the point of view of a girl who was raised in a traditional way, to know balance and living the good life.
Wonderful blending of events, healing and what has become to be called supernatural.
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