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Traditional literatures of the American Indian : texts and interpretations / compiled and edited by Karl Kroeber.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Bison bookPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1981.Description: 162 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0803227043
  • 9780803227040
  • 0803277539
  • 9780803277533
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Traditional literatures of the American Indian.LOC classification:
  • PM155 .T7
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
An introduction to the art of traditional American Indian narration / Karl Kroeber -- "The man eater" (Kato) -- "The fawn, the wolves, and the terrapin" (Creek) -- "Red Willow" (Nez Percé) -- From "mythic" to "fictive" in a Nez Percé Orpheus myth / Jarold Ramsey -- "Coyote and the shadow people" (Nez Percé) -- "The origin of eternal death" (Wishram) -- "Badger and coyote were neighbors" (Clackamas) -- The spoken word and the work of interpretation in American Indian religion / Dennis Tedlock -- "History myth of the coming of Ashiwi as narrated y Kyaklo" (Zuni: Stevenson translation) -- Poetic retranslation and the "pretty languages" of Yellowman / Barre Toelken and Tacheeni Scott -- "Coyote and prairie dogs" (Navajo: first translation) -- "Coyote and prairie dogs" (second translation) -- Reading Clackamas texts / Dell H. Hymes -- "Grizzly woman began to kill people" (Clackamas).
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PM155.T7 1981 Available 33710001180475

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to the art of traditional American Indian narration / Karl Kroeber -- "The man eater" (Kato) -- "The fawn, the wolves, and the terrapin" (Creek) -- "Red Willow" (Nez Percé) -- From "mythic" to "fictive" in a Nez Percé Orpheus myth / Jarold Ramsey -- "Coyote and the shadow people" (Nez Percé) -- "The origin of eternal death" (Wishram) -- "Badger and coyote were neighbors" (Clackamas) -- The spoken word and the work of interpretation in American Indian religion / Dennis Tedlock -- "History myth of the coming of Ashiwi as narrated y Kyaklo" (Zuni: Stevenson translation) -- Poetic retranslation and the "pretty languages" of Yellowman / Barre Toelken and Tacheeni Scott -- "Coyote and prairie dogs" (Navajo: first translation) -- "Coyote and prairie dogs" (second translation) -- Reading Clackamas texts / Dell H. Hymes -- "Grizzly woman began to kill people" (Clackamas).

Also issued online.