Part of a series, "Red Man in Michigan," broadcast on WUOM radio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. These programs use extensive clips from field recordings made by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath.
"The story describes the origin of corn. The Ottawa version includes a prophecy by the beautiful woman who gave the Indians the corn plant that the land on which the hunter (to whom she appeared) is standing will some day be lost to the Indian. This is not in the English translation."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
"The story describes the origin of corn. The Ottawa version includes a prophecy by the beautiful woman who gave the Indians the corn plant that the land on which the hunter (to whom she appeared) is standing will some day be lost to the Indian. This is not in the English translation."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
