Our Voices-Kokum’s Story [Restored]

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Story This is a story about Louis Bird’s Kokum (great-great grandmother). Included is a partial genealogy of Louis’s maternal ancestors, and the story of Kokum. Three different sources gave information relating to this story and Louis incorporates the various besty mack;grant sophia;winisk;bruised knee, nickname;ten wives;polygamy;half-breeds;death threats;canada goose;lack of rabbits and ptarmigans;death of baby;mitewiwin;starvation;mentally disturbed;tipi;cannibalism;gun;Fort Severn;winisk river;favorite Louis Bird University of Winnipeg Centre for Rupert’s Land Studies Copyright (c) 2003 Omushkego Oral History Project, Ourvoices.ca 2003-06-09 /index/ourvoices-story-action/id.0006