Badger and Coyote were neighbors : Melville Jacobs on Northwest Indian myths and tales

Seaburg, William R. (Added Author). Amoss, Pamela. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0870714732 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780870714733 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Corvallis, Or. : Oregon State University Press, c2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-301) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Melville Jacobs: An Introduction to the Man and His Work -- Bibliography of Melville Jacobs -- Toward a Theory and Method of Oral Literature Research. 1. Oral Literature. 2. A Few Observations on the World View of the Clackamas Chinook Indians. 3. Humor in Clackamas Chinook Oral Literature. 4. Genres in Northwest States Oral Literatures. 5. Areal Spread of Indian Oral Genre Features in the Northwest States -- Oral Traditional Texts with Interpretations. 6. Badger and Coyote Were Neighbors (Clackamas Chinook). 7. The Old Man and His Daughter-in-law. Her Fingers Stuck Together (Clackamas Chinook). 8. She Deceived Herself With Milt (Clackamas Chinook). 9. Wildcat (Klikitat Sahaptin). 10. Sun and His Daughter (Klikitat Sahaptin). 11. Coyote's Journey (Upper Cowlitz Sahaptin). 12. Mink, Panther, and the Grizzly Sisters (Mary's River Kalapuya). 13. The Sagandahs People (Miluk Coos).