Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America (Native Literatures of the Americas and Indigenous World Literatures)

When Europeans first arrived on the American continent Algonquian languages were spoken from the northeastern seaboard through the Great Lakes region and across much of Canada. The rich and varied oral tradition of this Native language family comes brilliantly to life in this remarkably broad sampling of Algonquian songs and stories from across the centuries.