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| Genre/Form: | Folklore |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Margot Edmonds; Ella E Clark |
| ISBN: | 0816020671 9780816020676 0816027498 9780816027491 0760748004 9780760748008 |
| OCLC Number: | 19920026 |
| Description: | xvi, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Part one from the northwest: Creation of the first indians (Chelan) -- Coyote and Multnomah Falls (Wasco) -- When the animals and birds were created (Makah) -- Raven's great adventure (Alaska) -- Yellowstone valley and the great flood (Yellowstone) -- Coyote and the monsters of the Bitterroot Valley (Flathead or Salish) -- Warm wind brothes vs. Cold wind brothers (Moses band of Columbia River Indians) -- Coyote's adventures in Idaho (Flathead) -- Origin of camas roots (Okanagon) -- Coyote's salmon (Sanpoil) -- Woodpecker and the theft of fire (Sanpoil) -- Pah-to, white eagle (Wasco) -- Bridge of the gods (Wasco) -- Raven and his grandmother (Aleuts) -- White-faced bear (Aleuts) -- Two inquisitive men (Aleuts) -- Girl who searched for her lover (Aleuts) -- Girl who married the moon (Aleuts) -- Part two from the southwest: Flood on superstition mountain (Pima) -- How the Hop Indians reached their world (Hopi) -- How the great chiefs made the moon and the sun (Hopi) -- First Journey through Grand Canyon (Hopi) -- Origin of the clans (Hopi) -- Wind God (Hopi) -- Rainbow's end (Navaho) -- Legend of the night chant (Navaho) -- Spider rock (navaho) -- Song of the horses (Navaho) -- Story of the two brother-cousins (Navaho) -- Creation (Apache) -- Origin of fire (Jicarilla-Apache) -- Origin of the animals (Jicarilla-Apache)-- Apache medicine dance (Jicarilla-Apache) -- Legend of the big bird (Chipewyan) -- Legend of the white bear (Chipewyan) -- Hummingbird (Zuni) -- Four flutes (Zuni) -- Yellow hand (Papago) -- When the north star stands still (Paiute) -- California creation myth (Yokut) -- Why Mount Shasta erupted (Shasta) -- Land of the ghost dance (Shasta) -- San Joaquin Valley tale (Mariposa) -- Queen of Death Valley (Shoshone) -- Story of creation (Dieguenos) -- Fly at the council (Dieguenos) -- Impiety of frog (Dieguenos) -- Fiesta Tu-chai-pai (Dieguenos) -- Origin of Yosemite (Yosemite (Miwok)) -- How half dome was formed (Yosemite (Miwok)) -- Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la (Yosemite (Miwok)) -- Bridal Veil FallS (Yosemite (Miwok)) -- Leaping frog rocks (Yosemite (Miwok)) -- Legend of the geysers (Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo)) -- Before this land (Luiseno) -- Tales of Lake Tahoe (Washo) -- Legend of the first pearl fish hook (Hawaii) -- Hula school (Hawaii). |
| Responsibility: | Margot Edmonds, Ella E. Clark. |
Abstract:
Includes tales from the Wasco, Aleuts, Navaho, Apache, Yosemite, Cheyenne, Sioux, Chippewa, Cherokee, and other tribes with informative introductions for each.
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