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First houses : Native American homes and sacred structures

Summary: Presents a variety of North American Indian creation myths and discusses how the "first houses" described in these myths set the pattern used by the tribes for their own homes and ritual structures. This superb book about Native American architecture is filled with information about Iroquois longhouses, Navajo hogans, Pawnee earth lodges, and Northwest Coast dwellings. Truly entertaining for the mind and spirit, it uses scholarship and mythology to teach young people about Native American houses and structures from around the country.

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  • ISBN: 0395510813 :
  • ISBN: 9780395510810
  • Physical Description: print
    ix, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-147) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: People of the Longhouse: The Iroquis league -- Gift of the Gods: The Navajo Hogan -- Emergence from the Underworld: The Pueblo Kiva -- Shade and shelter: Mohave houses -- Sun's crystal house: California house myths -- Painted planks and Totem poles: Northwest coast dwellings -- Painted tipis: House legends of the plains -- Models of the world: Pawnee earth lodges -- Big house: A Delaware ceremonial dwelling -- First sweatlodge.
Subject: Indians of North America Dwellings Juvenile literature
Indians of North America Rites and ceremonies Juvenile literature
Sacred space North America Juvenile literature
Indians of North America Folklore
Creation Folklore

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .D9 W55 1993 0232040 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library PNW E 98 .D9 W55 1993 02797 PNW Reshelving -

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