Johnston, Basil. Honour Earth mother.JOHNSTON, Basil. Honour Earth mother. Univ. of Nebraska Press. 171p. illus. c2003.0-8032-7622-2. $13.95. SA Writing from personal knowledge, Johnston, named on the jacket a "celebrated Ojibwa writer," tells traditional Native American stories involving and honoring nature. Says Johnston, "I have set the chapters in this text in the order in which the Anishinaubae people believed that creation was carried out, by stages. And I've written down as many stories in each chapter as would, I hope, exemplify ex·em·pli·fy tr.v. ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies 1. a. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument. b. what Red Jacket Red Jacket, c.1758–1830, chief of the Seneca, b. probably Seneca co., N.Y. His Native American name was Otetiani, changed to Sagoyewatha when he became a chief. meant when he said, '... to us He has given the earth.' (Red Jacket was a Seneca Nation orator ORATOR, practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Dupin, Profession d'Avocat, tom. 1, p. 19.. 2. who declined, on behalf of his people, an effort to Christianize them.)" Throughout the stories, one feels the deep spiritual connectedness of the Indians to creation and to plants, animals, and the earth itself. Johnston has performed a great service in preserving these stories. Valuable for Indian students studying their traditional literature and for others who wish to get in touch with a spiritual basis for ecology. A 20-page glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. will make it useful for language study. The font font or typeface or type family Assortment or set of type (alphanumeric characters used for printing), all of one coherent style. Before the advent of computers, fonts were expressed in cast metal that was used as a template for printing. used in the text is a sans serif Short horizontal lines added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times Roman. Contrast with sans-serif.  style, but enough space is left between lines to make it easy to read. Edna Boardman, Bismarck, ND S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code help librarian and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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