Masahkamikohkwêwa (Grandmother Earth): A Synchretistic Meskwaki Cosmology Volume 2

by Alfred Kiyana

This book is an edition and translation of a manuscript written over a century ago in Meskwaki by Alfred Kiyana. The author combines elements of traditional Meskwaki culture and oral literature with elements of conventional Christian belief, reconciling them in a complex explanatory cosmology that accounts for many aspects of how the world of humans is the way it is. The main characters are W?sahk?ha, the culture hero ('our maternal nephew'), and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B9QS31XS
• ISBN13: 9798986545011
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Mundart Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 11.0"