Micmac Hieroglyphic Prayers
- by David L Schmidt,a linguistic anthropologist specializing in the study of Native American languages and cultures, who is an assistant professor in the Department of Culture and Heritage at the University College of Cape Breton, Sydney, Nova Scotia
and Murdena Marshall, a grandmother and designated Prayer Leader to the "Santewi Mawio'mi" (Grand Council) of the Mi'kmaq First Nation and who is an associate professor of Mi'kmaq Studies at the University College of Cape Breton
- published by Nimbus Publishing Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1995
- softcover, approximately 6 by 8 ½ inches, 182 pages
- this book is still in print, this copy is a new unused copy, the minimum bid price is approximately the normal retail price for this book and we intend to list additional copies on ebay from time to time
- quoted from the back cover:....".....a collection of sacred readings (prayers, narratives and liturgies) represented by hieroglyphs developed from pictographic symbols used by the Mi'kmaq Indians of Atlantic Canada before European contact, and later expanded by French missionaries. This volume contains some of the most important texts in native religious life, such as ‘The Passion of our Lord' and ‘The Sacraments'. As well as common prayers for everyday recitation. Transliterations in Mi'kmaq and translations in English accompany the hieroglyphic text."
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