The Man Who Married His Daughter

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span>This book has editions and translations of eleven texts written in the Algonquian </p><p>language Meskwaki by Alfred Kiyana over a century ago. The manuscripts of these are part of </p><p>the large collection of Meskwaki texts that are in the National Anthropological Archives of the </p><p>Smithsonian Institution.</p><p> <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span>The first ten of the texts have what are called winter stories. They are set in ancient times </p><p>when human beings and their world are not yet like they are today. There are powerful spirits </p><p>(manitous) giants and monsters talking birds and animals and magical transformations. Even </p><p>the ostensible human beings may have supernatural powers. The final text brings together three </p><p>brief thematically linked stories about people who lived in the world as we know it today.</p><p> <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span>As indicated by the choice of the title selection the stories in this book have sexual </p><p>themes and some strong sexual content. They have been brought together not only because the </p><p>treatment of these topics might be of interest but also given their often inexplicit titles as a way </p><p>to make clear the presence of subject matter that some may wish to avoid.</p><p> <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span>Meskwaki is the heritage language of the Meskwaki Nation (the Sac and Fox Tribe of the </p><p>Mississippi in Iowa).</p>