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"What makes Ojibway Tales worth reading is the humor. It is a wonderfully communal humor that is delightful and at the same time powerful."—Thomas King, author of Medicine River and Green Grass, Running Water
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The Ojibway Indians' sense of humor sparkles through these stories set on the fictional Moose Meat Point Indian Reserve, connected by a dirt road to the town of Blunder Bay. If some of them seem "farfetched and even implausible," Basil L. Johnston writes, "it is simply because human beings very often act and conduct their affairs and those of others in an absurd manner."
These twenty-two stories were originally collected under the title Moose Meat and Wild Rice. Among the most memorable of the stories is "They Don't Want No Indians," in which all attempts are made to circumvent bureaucratic red tape and transport a dead Indian to his home for burial. One of the funniest is "Indian Smart: Moose Smart," which pits a moose in a lake against six Moose Meaters in two canoes. "If You Want to Play" and "Secular Revenge" are the result of misunderstanding or imperfect communication. Still other stories, like "What Is Sin?" and "The Kiss and the Moonshine," reveal the clash of different cultural approaches. All show the warm-heartedness and good will of the Ojibway Indians. If they are gently satirized, so are the whites who would change them, and with good reason. Government ineptitude and rigid piety are foisted on the Moose Meaters, who have only thirty thousand acres to move around in.
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Basil Johnston has a uniquely captivating way of storytelling. Whether he's dealing with Ojibway tales or the story of his personal childhood in "Indian School Days", Johnston can be deemed a great First Nations author.
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Modern folktales and short stories of the Ojibwa Nation,
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This book deals with the side-splitting to the somber talesof some of the Ojibwa (also called Chippewa) Nation, by creating a non-existent (today) reservation and sub-tribe, and giving an excellent view of life on-reservation for one of the most relaxed groups of Natives you'll ever meet. This book will make you giggle and cry, all at once!
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Modern folktales and short stories of the Ojibwa Nation,
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This review is from: Ojibway Tales (Paperback)
This book deals with the side-splitting to the somber talesof some of the Ojibwa (also called Chippewa) Nation, by creating a non-existent (today) reservation and sub-tribe, and giving an excellent view of life on-reservation for one of the most relaxed groups of Natives you'll ever meet. This book will make you giggle and cry, all at once! 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This review is from: Ojibway Tales (Paperback)
Basil Johnston has a uniquely captivating way of storytelling. Whether he's dealing with Ojibway tales or the story of his personal childhood in "Indian School Days", Johnston can be deemed a great First Nations author.
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