Legend of the Loons Necklace

Legend of the Loons Necklace
Author: Christopher Big Plume
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2019-01-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525530941

If you’ve ever heard it, you know that Loons have a very distinctive call like no other bird. Their calls echo over many hundreds of Canada’s lakes in spring, summer and fall. But, if you’ve ever seen a loon, you’ll know that they also have very special markings like no other bird. The Secret of the Loon’s Necklace is the traditional Indigenous legend of how the loons got their special neck and back markings. It is the story of old Kelora, a self-proclaimed medicine man who is almost blind. Mocked by almost his whole tribe, he proves that there is still magic in the land of humans and animals. He also proves that being old doesn’t mean you can’t use that magic to help your family and community. The old and those with disabilities, too, have value in our communities. His story shows how much more we can achieve when we work together and respect each other.

Loon's Necklace

Loon's Necklace
Author: Carol Weishampel, Ed.D.
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1594331715

Loon is Calling. Do You Hear Him? Loon Necklace is the a legend of how loons received their necklace-like white feathers around their necks.

Legend of the Loons Necklace

Legend of the Loons Necklace
Author: Christopher Big Plume
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2018-12-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525530933

If you’ve ever heard it, you know that Loons have a very distinctive call like no other bird. Their calls echo over many hundreds of Canada’s lakes in spring, summer and fall. But, if you’ve ever seen a loon, you’ll know that they also have very special markings like no other bird. The Secret of the Loon’s Necklace is the traditional Indigenous legend of how the loons got their special neck and back markings. It is the story of old Kelora, a self-proclaimed medicine man who is almost blind. Mocked by almost his whole tribe, he proves that there is still magic in the land of humans and animals. He also proves that being old doesn’t mean you can’t use that magic to help your family and community. The old and those with disabilities, too, have value in our communities. His story shows how much more we can achieve when we work together and respect each other.

The Loon's Necklace

The Loon's Necklace
Author: Elizabeth Cleaver
Publisher: Demco Media
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1977
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780606044707

A Canadian Indian tale about an old blind man whose sight is restored with the help of a magical loon is interpreted through the collage artwork of a noted illustrator.

The Legend of the Loon

The Legend of the Loon
Author: Kathy-jo Wargin
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1627531815

The fantastic Legend team of Kathy-jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen have another beautiful book to add to the Sleeping Bear and Mackinac Island stories. A Grandmother's love for her grandchildren is magically portrayed in "The Legend of the Loon". A perfect addition to your collection, this book remains true to the heartwarming qualities you've come to expect from these legendary storytellers.

Loons

Loons
Author: Stan Tekiela
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1647552109

Celebrate the lives of common loons with this collection of photographs and information by award-winning author and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela. Their stunning beauty inspires us. Their haunting calls fill us with nostalgia. Loons remind us of joyful days at the lake, of time spent with family. Their arrival each spring signals the end of winter and that warmer days are ahead. Award-winning author, naturalist, and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela believes that loons are the most fascinating of birds. He spent years studying loons, noting their behaviors and capturing them in photographs. Stan’s research spanned major events such as migration and courtship, as well as everyday activities including feeding and sleeping. The result is a striking portrayal of these amazing birds in Loons. Stan’s extraordinary photographs depict the water birds in a new, unique fashion. His fascinating text, drawn from detailed research and personal observations, provides information about every aspect of the loons’ lives. Presented with headings and short paragraphs, the coffee-table book is pleasurable to browse and easy to read. “They’re one of my favorite birds because they’re so beautiful,” says Stan. “Their calls can send shivers down my spine, and they have incredible parenting skills.” Unmatched by any other book on the market, Loons is a must-have for bird watchers, water bird enthusiasts, and nature lovers.

The Blind Man and the Loon

The Blind Man and the Loon
Author: Craig Mishler
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2020-02-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1496210107

The story of the Blind Man and the Loon is a living Native folktale about a blind man who is betrayed by his mother or wife but whose vision is magically restored by a kind loon. Variations of this tale are told by Native storytellers all across Alaska, arctic Canada, Greenland, the Northwest Coast, and even into the Great Basin and the Great Plains. As the story has traveled through cultures and ecosystems over many centuries, individual storytellers have added cultural and local ecological details to the tale, creating countless variations. In The Blind Man and the Loon: The Story of a Tale, folklorist Craig Mishler goes back to 1827, tracing the story's emergence across Greenland and North America in manuscripts, books, and in the visual arts and other media such as film, music, and dance theater. Examining and comparing the story's variants and permutations across cultures in detail, Mishler brings the individual storyteller into his analysis of how the tale changed over time, considering how storytellers and the oral tradition function within various societies. Two maps unequivocally demonstrate the routes the story has traveled. The result is a masterful compilation and analysis of Native oral traditions that sheds light on how folktales spread and are adapted by widely diverse cultures.

The Naked Man

The Naked Man
Author: Claude Lévi-Strauss
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 754
Release: 1990-11-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780226474960

"The Naked Man is the fourth and final volume [of Mythologiques], written by the most influential and probably the most controversial anthropologist of our time. . . . Myths from North and South America are set side by side to show their transformations: in passing from person to person and place to place, a myth can change its content and yet retain its structural principles. . . . Apart from the complicated transformations discovered and the fascinating constructions placed on these, the stories themselves provide a feast."—Betty Abel, Contemporary Review "Lévi-Strauss uses the structural method he developed to analyze and 'decode' the mythology of native North Americans, focusing on the area west of the Rockies. . . . [The author] takes the opportunity to refute arguments against his method; his chapter 'Finale' is a defense of structural analysis as well as the closing statement of this four-volume opus which started with an 'Ouverture' in The Raw and the Cooked."—Library Journal "The culmination of one of the major intellectual feats of our time."—Paul Stuewe, Quill and Quire

Wings on the Water

Wings on the Water
Author: Steve Maslowski
Publisher: Ampry Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2012
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1881982866

Combines the best reference articles from the pages of "Wildfowl Carving Magazine" with a new collection of images Provides a wealth of information about more than two dozen aquatic birds An in-depth look at a variety of ducks and geese for carvers and waterfowl enthusiasts alike, described in vivid prose from the magazine's best writers Detailed, intoxicating images by Steve Maslowski, one of the stalwart veterans of wildlife photography