Project Gutenberg 2016-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 54 Prince, John Dyneley 1868 1945 Prince, J. Dyneley (John Dyneley) 22021840 Passamaquoddy Texts Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Passamaquoddy Texts" by John Dyneley Prince is a scholarly publication written in the early 20th century. This work is a compilation of folklore, oral traditions, and cultural narratives of the Passamaquoddy people, an Indigenous group from Maine, along with their linguistic and historical context. The texts present tales centered around the mythical figure Kuloskap and various other cultural stories, exploring themes of community, morality, and the relationship between humans and nature. The opening portion of the book begins with a preface detailing the linguistic and cultural background of the Passamaquoddy Indians, explaining their connection to other tribes within the Eastern Algonquin family. It introduces the concept of the Wampum Records, a traditional mnemonic system used by the tribe to preserve their laws and customs through wampum shells arranged in specific patterns. Following this, the text captures the beginning of a narrative about a council among the tribes to establish peace, outlining the communal decision-making process and the eventual decrees for harmony, indicating a deep respect for guidance, tradition, and unity within the Indigenous culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Passamaquoddy Indians -- Folklore Passamaquoddy language -- Texts PM Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 231636 2024-09-21T11:29:35.325471 2023-09-22T08:35:03.573993 text/html text/html 229778 2016-02-12T22:36:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 132637 2016-02-12T22:36:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 149072 2024-09-21T11:29:39.777448 application/epub+zip 150953 2024-09-21T11:29:36.206472 application/epub+zip 150953 2024-09-21T11:29:35.778470 application/epub+zip 257563 2024-09-21T11:29:43.064442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204445 2024-09-21T11:29:39.319454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204511 2022-09-23T10:02:24.920794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212394 212292 2024-09-21T11:29:34.700488 2023-09-22T08:35:02.975510 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 212587 2016-02-12T22:36:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 81499 2016-02-12T22:36:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18449 2024-09-21T11:29:43.206421 application/rdf+xml 11875 2024-09-21T11:29:35.845641 image/jpeg 1966 2024-09-21T11:29:35.812461 image/jpeg 136333 2024-09-21T11:29:35.345473 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog