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Why the bear has a short tail = Wenji-dakwaanawed makwa / by Dr. Giniwgiizhig and Niizhobines ; illustrations by Sam Zimmerman.
Title:
Why the bear has a short tail = Wenji-dakwaanawed makwa / by Dr. Giniwgiizhig and Niizhobines ; illustrations by Sam Zimmerman.
ISBN:
9781736949306
Personal Author:
Giniwgiizhig, Dr
Publication Information:
[Duluth, Minnesota] : Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, [2021]

©2021
Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
General Note:
Series information from Amazon.

"Original stories from Red Lake School District #38 Indian Education Curriculum Projects. The stories in these books are only told when snow is on the ground and a tobacco offering is made." -- Colophon.
Summary:
An Ojibwe story about how the bear lost its long tail when trickster spirit Nenaboozhoo takes revenge on the bear for its misbehavior.
Subject Term:
Nanabush (Legendary character) -- Fiction

Tricksters -- Fiction.

Spirits -- Fiction

Bears -- Fiction

Teasing -- Fiction.

Theft -- Fiction

Ojibwe people -- Folklore
Genre:
Minnesota authors

Minnesota illustrators

Ojibwe language materials -- Bilingual

Anishinaabe language materials -- Bilingual
Added Author:
Niizhobines

Zimmerman, Sam, 1978-
Added Corporate Author:
Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing

Minnesota. Independent School District No. 38 (Red Lake, Minn.)
Language Note:
In Anishinaabemowin and English.
Series Title:
Adventures of Nenaboozhoo.
Series Sequence:
Adventures of Nenaboozhoo
OCLC Number:
on1264797003
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1

Eagan - Wescott~1
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