Neechie hustle

Summary: "The book begins with events on the Broken Elbow reserve war and post war period, culminating in the attempt of the residents to build a space tepee to leave the reserve. The plot continues into the late 60s and early 1970s with the introduction of two mythological beings: the Wahwâ-man who comes to the modern world while giving up his previous crazy life. the Wahwâ-Man comes to learn the way of the Wonder Bread Eaters culminating in his working at the Department of Indian AffairsHe works and interacts with the Crees of the Broken Elbow reserve. Then, there is the rise of Pinokineechie, a wooden Indian, who takes on human form when the four neechie elements are combined, which he needs to keep his new found form. However, Paskwa-Iskwêw (Prairie Woman), the old kôhkom on the reserve, refuses to make it for him anymore. It is then that Pinokineechie must send his two associates, Bannock Slap and Papoose Face, to the Hudson Bay to retrieve the original bannock recipe in a old shipwreck from the 1600s. Eventually, Pinokineechie is subdued and balance is brought back to the Broken Elbow reserve."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781928120094 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
261 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario : Kegedonce Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The early days -- Neechie knights -- Neechie knights part two -- After the war : Napolean and the pass system -- Moses mostos -- Building the barn -- The first TV on the reserve -- The third hand pawn shop -- warms up -- Nadie e pe kioket -- Moose hunting at the zoo -- Becomes a man -- Missing the wooden Indian -- Chicken bucket prophecies -- The senator takes to get his -- Treaty card -- Wants to see the world -- Good dreams -- The heart of whiteness -- The whwa man and Indian affairs -- When cash started chief's fried chicken -- The bungalow -- Becoming a wonderbread eater -- The lawn -- A dog called Konita -- Rex rover redneck radio -- Dr. Charging Horse -- Enter the moss bag -- The prime minister comes to the reserve -- Clifford Bradley is chosen to be part of the Buffalo bus -- They come to redneck town -- The duel -- After becomes a man -- First speech of chief -- Bannock rising -- Chiggen: the new buffalo -- Jingles goes to the bush to become a hunter -- Speech to expand the chicken empire -- Getting jingles on board -- Neechie hustle -- The hustle continues -- Paskwaw Iskwew stops making bannock -- Getting the original recipe -- The buffalo unicorn.

Language Note:

Includes some text in Cree.