Flying with the eagle, racing the great bear : stories from Native North America

Bruchac, Joseph 1942- (Author).

Summary: A collection of traditional tales which present the heritage of various Indian nations, including the Wampanoag, Cherokee, Osage, Lakota, and Tlingit.

Record details

ISBN: 0816730261 (lib. bdg.) :
ISBN: 9780816730261 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN: 081673027X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780816730278 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xi, 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : BridgeWater Books, c1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).

Formatted Contents Note:

Northeast: Dream fast, Anishinabe -- White Weasel, Abenaki -- Racing the great bear, Iriquois -- Granny Squannit and the bad young man, Wampanoag -- Southeast: How the game animals were set free, Cherokee -- Wild boy, Cado -- Underwater lodge, Muskogee (Creek) -- Wisdom of the willow tree, Osage -- Southwest: Owl-man giant and the monster elk , Apache -- How the hero twins found their father, Dine (Navajo) -- Bear boy, Pueblo -- Ghost society, Yuki -- Northwest: Light-haired boy, Lakota -- Star boy, Cheyenne -- Salmon boy, Tlingit -- Tommy's whale, Inupiaq -- Afterword -- Bibliography.