Name Murdo Scribe | Died 1983 | |
Books Murdo's story, Murdo otipachimowin : anikowachimowin onchi kiwetinonk | ||
Murdo Scribe (1920–1983) was a Swampy Cree educator from Norway House, Manitoba, Canada. He recorded his stories and some of the legends that had been passed to him. He wrote Murdo's Story, the text of a children's picture book published in 1985, which is available in Cree and Ojibwe as well as English.
Murdo's Story was illustrated by Terry Gallagher, Gallagher won a 1985 Canada Council Children's Literature Prize, now the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration.
Works
Murdo's Story: A Legend From Northern Manitoba. Illustrated by Terry Gallagher. Winnipeg, MB: Pemmican Publications, 1985. ISBN 0-919143-07-5. CIP.
Subject headings: Animals-Folklore-Juvenile literature-Indians of North America-Manitoba-LegendsReferences
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