[Algonquiana] Legend

[Wolvengrey, Arok]

tânisi kahkiyaw,

Stories about the mêmêkwêsiwak are as varied among the Cree as ... the Cree and their territories/  For instance, the little people live among hills (of rock or sand) or in water.  Appearance is similarly variable, but one feature described for the mêmêkwêsiwak of the Plains was that they had concave or crescent moon-shaped faces - lacking noses.  Not all necessarily agree on that point, though.  Certainly, small offerings of food, clothing, etc. were left for them.  Sorry to be so brief in this, but I don't wish to do a disservice to all the variety by accidentally omitting details of one tradition or another, and I certainly don't know enough to say much more.

Sincerely,

ᐋᐧᐱ ᑭᐦᐃᐤ
Arok Wolvengrey
Professor, Algonquian Languages and Linguistics and
Department Head of Indigenous Languages, Arts and Cultures
First Nations University of Canada
1 First Nations Way
Regina, SK   S4S 7K2

phone:  (306) 790-5950 ext. 3310
fax:      (306) 790-5995
e-mail:  awolvengrey at fnuniv.ca

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Sent: June 3, 2016 7:36 AM
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Subject: [Algonquiana] Legend

Kwe kakina, hi everyone,

I am looking for documentation about specific little people. There are different kind of little people among the Algonquins: memegweshik, Anishinabeshishak, Nadoweshishak. I am looking for stories about little people who smell the food to get fed. They come during the night and you know they came because the food has no flavour. One of my informants told me they have no bums and apparently no mouth. I would like to know if someone has heard of that legend.

Kitci mikwetc, many thanks,
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Marie-Pierre Bousquet PhD
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Département d'anthropologie
Université de Montréal
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