Includes the earliest known Mi'kmaw memoir for groundbreaking historical context
Detailed account of Jerry Lonecloud's life as a hunter, healer, and showman enriches Mi'kmaw cultural understanding
Ethnographic analysis by Ruth Whitehead offers new perspectives on Mi'kmaw traditions and artifacts
Collaboration with Nova Scotia Museum ensures authenticity and preservation of oral histories
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Tracking Dr. Lonecloud: Showman to Legend Keeper, by Ruth Whitehead, Nova Scotia Museum ethnologist, is a book that includes the memoir of Jerry Lonecloud, a Mi'kmaw hunter, healer, and showman. Co-published by Goose Lane Editions and the Nova Scotia Museum, the book offers to readers, for the first time, the earliest known Mi'kmaw memoi