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• Physical Description: xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: New York, Crowell [1968]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Bibliography: p. 207-211.

Formatted Contents Note:

The world beyond ours. How the world was made (Cheyenne) -- How the world was made (Modoc) -- How the sun came (Cheyenne) -- The sky beings : thunder and his helpers (Iroquoian) -- The waters beneath : fifty young men and a turtle (Cheyenne) -- The waters beneath : the underwater village (Kiowa) -- The waters beneath : the great river monster (Cheyenne) -- The stars above : pursuit of the bear (Musquakie, Fox) -- The stars above : Long Sash and his people (Tewa).

The world around us. How the people came to the middle place (Tewa) -- Nanih Waya : the sacred bluff (Choctaw and Chickasaw) -- How the half boys came to be (Kiowa) -- Male and female created he them : the river of separation (Navajo) -- To feed my people : the coming of corn (Zuni) -- To feed my people : the coming of corn (Cheyenne) -- To feed my people : the coming of corn (Mikasuki) -- To feed my people : the coming of buffalo (Jicarilla Apache) -- To feed my people : the race between the buffalo and man (Cheyenne) -- How and why : the painted turtle (Sauk) -- How and why : why the bear waddles when he walks (Comanche) -- How and why : don't be greedy story (Comanche) -- How horses came to the Navaho (Navajo) -- The end of the world : the buffalo go (Kiowa).

The world we live in now. Saynday and smallpox : the white man's gift (Kiowa) -- Tsali of the Cherokees (Cherokee) -- Yellow Hair : George Armstrong Custer (Cheyenne and Arapaho) -- The deer woman (Ponca) -- The dancing feather (Intertribal) -- A world of beauty : the peyote religion (Comanche and Kiowa) -- Bird of power (Intertribal).

The world we go to. How death came into the world (Kiowa) -- How death came into the world (Modoc) -- Over the hill (Arapaho) -- The world beyond (Hopi) -- A glass of water, please (Sauk) -- The womb of the Earth (Hopi).

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