{"product_id":"ojibway-ceremonies-paperback","title":"Ojibway Ceremonies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBasil Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ojibway Indians were first encountered by the French early in the seventeenth century along the northern shores of Lakes Huron and Superior. By the time Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized them in The Song of Hiawatha, they had dispersed over large areas of Canada and the United States, becoming known as the Chippewas in the latter. A rare and fascinating glimpse of Ojibway culture before its disruption by the Europeans is provided in \u003ci\u003eOjibway Ceremonies\u003c\/i\u003e by Basil Johnston, himself an Ojibway who was born on the Parry Island Indian Reserve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohnston focuses on a young member of the tribe and his development through participation in the many rituals so important to the Ojibway way of life, from the Naming Ceremony and the Vision Quest to the War Path, and from the Marriage Ceremony to the Ritual of the Dead. In the style of a tribal storyteller, Johnston preserves the attitudes and beliefs of forest dwellers and hunters whose lives were vitalized by a sense of the supernatural and of mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasil Johnston (1929-2015) was a linguist and lecturer in the Department of Ethnology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. His other works include \u003ci\u003eOjibway Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e, also a Bison Book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757598605600,"sku":"9780803275737","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a0b59a0ea835f6db12929f10807d9c97.webp?v=1780106191","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ojibway-ceremonies-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}