List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Glossary of Ojibwe Personal Names Appearing in the Text
Map of the World of Adam Bigmouth
Prologue: Adam Declines to Conjure, 1932
1. Boyhood Memories
2. Working for the Hudson’s Bay Company
3. Dream Experiences
4. Curing, Helping, Love Medicine, and an Old Man’s Jealousy
5. Northern Barred Owl, Man of Many Powers
6. Gender, Power, and Incest
7. The Challenges and Risks of Being Female
8. Bad Medicine and Old Men’s Threats
9. Starvation Threatened and Real
10. Encounters and Contests with Windigos
11. Human Beings Made into Windigos
12. The Curing of Windigos
13. The Costs of Mockery and Cruelty
14. Magical Medicines and Powers
Afterword: Cousins and Connections, Power and Succession, Seeking Life
References
Index