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I know there are a number of places you should not point at with a
finger along the Nelson River. On the same line, Brightman notes:<br>
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data-canvas-width="329.9808000000001">A feature of many Cree and
Oji-Cree communities is the mantônak ‘spirit island’or mancônakos
‘little spirit island; in fact such islands can be found as far
east as Quebec.</div>
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data-canvas-width="254.37439999999995">For the people of
Pukatawagan, their mancônakos is located in Highrock Lake
downstream from the community. The abandoned community of Prayer
River is nearby;</div>
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data-canvas-width="280.2496">today, a few people have returned to
live at the community of Highrock. A spirit island isthe one at
which one must not point a <span class="highlight begin selected">fi</span><span
class="highlight end selected">ng</span>er. Doing so will raise
a strong wind, and</div>
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data-canvas-width="163.1568">drowning (or freezing on the ice in
winter) may ensue. Stern warnings concerning ignorant pointing are
contained in the interviews with Keno Linklater, Athanase Castel
and Miles Bighetty (CEC</div>
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data-canvas-width="220.4">D 240-242, 295-303, 489). Miles states
that it is themîmîkwîsiwak, the supernatural ‘little rock people’
who cause the gale. Other people claim not to know who causes the
wind but nearlyall agree that it is very dangerous to point with a
finger at the island. Taking pictures with a camera, on the other
hand, isperfectly safe (CECD 301 & 303).</div>
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<pre wrap="">Hello Algonquianists,
I'm a discussant at an upcoming conference on gesture, and one thing I thought I would mention to the (extremely diverse) audience is the practice among at least some of the Algonquian peoples of pointing with the lips or with the chin, rather than pointing with the finger.
I would like to ask you all how widespread this practice is. And for native speakers (native pointers? :-) ), do you have any intuitions about why pointing with the finger is avoided? Would it seem rude to point with the finger? Or inappropriate in some other way?
thanks in advance for any thoughts you can share!
Amy
P.S. if you hit "reply" remember that you are replying to the whole list! :-)
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. George Bernard Shaw
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