"Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine" by Frank G. Speck is a detailed record of the Wawenock tribe's stories and cultural past. The book gathers old stories and cultural details from the Wawenock, likely noted in the early 1900's. The book works to save the stories and myths of the Wawenock, including stories of the important hero Gluskape and the tribe's past. This is super important for knowing about the tribe's culture. The start shares the Wawenock tribe's story, mentioning the small number of people left and it being hard to save its language and culture. Speck talks about meeting François Neptune, who was one of the last to speak the Wawenock language, who shared stories about the tribe's customs. The start also shares small parts of the myths that are coming, showing the great power of people like Gluskape and the connection between the Wawenock and the world around them.

Wawenock Myth Texts from Maine Forty-third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925-26, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1928, pages 165-198
By Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith) Speck
Discover the fading echoes of a Native American tribe as ancient stories of heroes and cultural identity are shared.
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2015-09-13
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About the AuthorFrank Gouldsmith Speck was an American anthropologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples among the Eastern Woodland Native Americans of the United States and First Nations peoples of eastern boreal Canada.
Frank Gouldsmith Speck was an American anthropologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples among the Eastern Woodland Native Americans of the United States and First Nations peoples of eastern boreal Canada.
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