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Title: Story about dogs and going to heaven, given in Shawnee
Identifier(s): audio:6531; APSdigrec_3209; Recording Number: 12A; Program Number: 03
Description: Story about the importance of being good to dogs and their role in deciding who gets in to heaven.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Dogs--Folklore; Shawnee Indians--Religion; Future life
Date: 1994

Title: Story about dogs and going to heaven, given in English, with additional discussion
Identifier(s): audio:6525; APSdigrec_3210; Recording Number: 12A; Program Number: 04
Description: Story about the importance of being good to dogs and their role in deciding who gets in to heaven, followed by discussion and brief story of Grandmother's creation of the world.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Dogs--Folklore; Shawnee Indians--Religion; Future life; Creation--Mythology
Date: 1994

Title: Story of Grandmother's grandson who mistreated animals
Identifier(s): audio:6514; APSdigrec_3195; Recording Number: 09A; Program Number: 01
Description: Story given in English, then in Shawnee, followed by a discussion of Shawnee beliefs regarding treatment of animals and animals' conferring of powers to humans. Also discusses the role of dogs in going to heaven.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee Indians--Folklore; Human-animal relationships; Dogs; Future life
Date: 1994

Title: Nanaboju and the Bears [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:9119; APSdigrec_0038; Series: 02; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 01
Description: "A long myth describing the killing of Nanaboju's younger brother, Jibiabos, by bears in retaliation against Nanaboju for killing the bears' grandfather and devouring the meat. In this mythological time there was really no such thing as death, so that Nanaboju sees his brother again after the bears have killed him. Then follows a conversation between the two brothers in which it is decided that it is better for people and animals to die when they are killed and for their souls to follow the spirit path to the west because otherwise all nature would have to stay in mourning. Nanaboju commands his brother to blaze the the spirit path and to rule over the land of the dead in the west. Jibiabos leaves singing the mournful death chant."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Bears--Folklore; Future life; Death--Folklore; Death--Mythology; Soul--Folklore
Date: 1948-05-20

Title: Nanaboju and the Bears [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:9121; APSdigrec_0566; Series: 02; Recording Number: 09; Program Number: 01
Description: "An incident to added to the end of the first (1) story [APSdigrec_0038]"; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Bears--Folklore; Future life; Death--Folklore; Death--Mythology; Soul--Folklore
Date: 1948