A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE ...

to do with that knowledge, an utterance preceded by shke (glossed as DM for “Discoure
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(22) inashke marking insights (Clark 2003:54, audio)
a) Ongow wiin mewinzha-go gekenimagig nenaandawi’iwejig, manidoon
these contrast long ago the ones I knew healers spirits
ogii-miinigowaan onji-gikendamowaad mashkiki miinawaa ezhiwebizinid
they gave it to them from whence they know medicine and what’s wrong with them
anow owiij-anishinaabewaan awiiya nanaandomigowaad.
them their fellow Indians someone when s/he asks them for help
b) Shke mewinzha, dibaajimowaad ongow gaa-nanaandawi’iwejig,
DM long ago they tell these who healed people
mii miinawaa-go gaa-zhi-mikamowaad biinjayi’ii awegonen etenig imaa
DP and and found inside it what put there
owiiyawing wa’aw ayaakozid, awegonen o’ow gaa-aakozhiishkaagod.
in his/her body this sick person what this what made him/her sick
a) ‘As for the healers long ago that I know of, the spirits gave them their knowledge
of medicine and to know what was wrong with their fellow Indians when
someone asked them for help.
b) You see, a long time ago, these that healed people would diagnose, and found
inside the sick person’s body what was ailing them.’
The information highlighted by shke in this utterance is special knowledge, knowledge
that might not be well-known these days about traditional healers. The speaker first
explains where traditional healers received their knowledge, and then follows that
statement up with an insight, that is, what the traditional healers used to do with their
attained knowledge. The use of shke to highlight upcoming text in (22b) allows the
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The particle mii in these narratives will be glossed as DP for “Deictic Particle”. This particle is discussed
in Section 3.1.1.5.
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