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Kutkos, Chinook Tyee, by Mildred Colbert, illustrated by Keith Shaw Williams.

Record details

  • Physical Description: xi, 228 pages : illustrations, color plates (1 double) ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston, D.C. Heath and Co., [c1942]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on several old myths and legends of the Chinook Indians."--Foreword.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
"Books about the Northwest": p. 226-228.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Roar of the sea -- Tcheeatko, the giant -- Kutkos escapes -- Chinamus conquers -- The Spirit song -- The Return of Kutkos and Kiniss -- The Shining ones -- Kiniss finds happiness -- Chinamus goes a-whaling -- The Whales escape -- Kutkos catches a whale -- The Cougar -- The Eyes in the pool -- A Challenge to Kutkos -- A Cougar for Chinamus -- Spirits lead the way -- Chinamus and the cougar -- Boards for the house -- Playing kroho -- Kutkos wins Hiqua -- Imprisoned in a log -- Raven gives power -- The Targets of the Skookooms- Raven leads Kutkos -- Kutkos secures a target -- Kiniss and the swan spirits -- The Rain comes -- Flight down the river -- The Storm -- The Storm begins -- The Power of the wind -- Caring for the injured -- The Last of the food -- The Spirits and the shaman -- Famine -- Kutkos in search of food -- Darkness before dawn -- The Rainbow -- Klip finds a whale -- The Potlatch -- Preparing for the festival -- Kutkos gives all -- Chinamus and the coppers -- Bluejay was a man -- The Mice women -- The Shooting match -- Kutkos loses all -- The Willow basket -- Kiipi and Sunqua -- Bluejay's discovery -- Another shooting match -- The Chief of Kwiail loses -- Rejoicing of the people.
Subject:
Chinook Indians > Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America > Washington (State) > Juvenile fiction.
Folklore, Indian.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library HIST JUV COLB 1942 283101 Historical Reshelving -