Minde Emma (5 results)

Paperback. pp. 275. 8vo. Lightest shelfwear, ink inscription to inside front cover; near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. xliv, 275 pp. Fine condition overall.

[0-88864-291-1] 1997, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. xliv, 275pp. Maps, illus. In Cree and English.

Softcover. pp. xliv, 275. 8vo. Pictorial covers. Black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations, etc. Lightest general shelfwear, contents without blemish; very good+. "Emma Minde's portraits of the family into which she was given in marriage are touching and instructive. They show us a young woman leaving her home at Saddle Lake, Alberta, to join a household of strangers at Hobbema - with not only a husband she has yet to meet, but also four powerful adults who will shape her life: her husband's parents, Mary-Jane and Dan Minde, and Dan Minde's younger brother Sam and his wife Mary." "Emma Minde's autobiography focusses on her relationship with these two women, Mary-Jane Minde and Mary Minde. The education that the newly arrived wife received in their households was built on obedience, hard work and a firmly held set of beliefs, seen as essential preparation for a life of uncertainty and rapid change, hardship and constant struggle." "These reminiscences, told to Freda Ahenakew, offer rare insights into a life history guided by two powerful forces: the traditional world of the Plains Cree and the Catholic missions with their boarding-schools, designed to re-make their charges entirely. Rarely has the interplay of these two world views - often in conflict, but often also, it seems, very much in harmony with one another - been sketched so eloquently as in Emma Minde's autobiography." "Emma Minde's stories are presented as she told them in Cree, with a translation into English on facing pages. With its Cree-English Glossary and an English Index to the Glossary, this work is an important Cree language resource.".

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