Omushkego materials, Maureen Matthews Papers
Culture:
Omushkego includes: Cree, Swampy, Mushkegowuk, Omushkigowack
Language: Cree, Swampy | English
Date: 1976, 1986, 1998-2001, 2009
Contributor: Bird, Louis | Carpenter, James | Hunter, Toby | Kataquapit, Joseph | Kataquapit, Michael | Koostachin, John George | Matthews, Maureen Anne, 1949- | Patrick, Michael | Tekakwitha, Catherine, Sister | Wesley, James
Subject: Art | Folklore | Hunting | Ontario--History | Social life and customs
Type: Sound recording | Text
Genre: Conversations | Interviews | Radio programs | Stories
Extent: 97 hours
Description: Audio recordings of interviews and narrations primarily by or with Louis Bird of Peawanuck. Major topics include Omushkegowak folklore, history, wihtigo, and other topics. The recordings include consist of three general types: stories and commentaries recorded directly by Louis Bird in Cree with some English explanation; interviews conducted by Louis Bird in Cree with elders and other residents of Peawanuck, Attawapiskat, and Kashechewan; and interviews by Maureen Matthews with Louis Bird in English on a variety of topics. Some of the interviews conducted by Matthews were recorded in the context of producing radio documentaries for CBC Radio One. (See Series I, Subseries 12 for the broadcast version of these documentaries.)
Collection: Maureen Matthews Papers Mss.Ms.Coll.164