A'TUGWAQAN; Three Mi'kmaq Indian Stories

Relief printmaker: Jim Lee
Letterpress printer: Jim Lee
Categories: Bookwork / Illustrated Books, Letterpress Books, Printmakers' Books, Relief Print Books, Small Press Books

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Book title:	A'TUGWAQAN; Three Mi'kmaq Indian Stories
Published by:	Blue Moon Press
Year made:	2009
Place made:	Canada
Original:	Yes
Edition: (No. in Edition)	100 (19)
Dimensions:	280 x 230
Binder:	bound J Lee
Physical description:	hard cover case binding
Medium:	reduction woodcut prints, text letterpress printed
Collaborations:	translations by Ruth Holmes Whitehead
Further information:
"The three stories come from the Mi’kmaq, the indigenous First People who traditionally inhabit what is now Nova Scotia, parts of New Brunswick, Quebec in Canada and northern Maine. In their language (from the Algonquin family of languages) they just called themselves Lnu’k, the People. The title of this book, A’tugwaqan (pronounced “aa·du·gwa·hgen”) means a story or tale. They describe a continually transforming mythological World full of shape-shifting animals and humans, Star Persons, and the great cultural hero Kluskap. On the front is a woodcut depicting Mi’kmaw porcupine quill work on birch bark, with a traditional double curve design. Traditional Mi’kmaw pictographs and petroglyph motifs are used in conjunction with the original images conceived by the artist/printer ." Jim Lee

Relief printmaker:	Jim Lee ()
Letterpress printer:	Jim Lee ()