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River song : Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone / collected and edited by Richard D. Scheuerman & Clifford E. Trafzer ; foreword by Carrie Jim Schuster ; color plates by John Clement.

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  • ISBN: 9780874223279 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 087422327X (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxviii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Naxc : Mary Jim/Xinstanik -- Calling for our land -- How coyote learned to fish-- The creatures of cloudy mountain -- The tilqawayks (wolf) and chowawatyet (Jim) families -- Part II. Napt : Andrew George/Tipiyelehne Xayxayx -- Nature is our teacher -- Chief Cleveland Kamiakin -- Salmon man and the wolf brothers -- Why coyote made the Palouse hills -- The Kamiakin family -- Part III. Metad : Gordon Fisher/Yoosyoos Tulikecin -- Take care of mother earth -- How beaver brough fire -- The origin of Palouse Falls -- The Poyakun/Billy Andrews and Paween families -- Part IV. Pinapt : Emily Friedlander Peone/Q'uomolah -- Too many memories -- Mary Owhi Moses/Sanclow -- Yamustas- elk's abode at Steptoe Butte -- The two sisters and star brothers -- The Sulkstalk'scosm/Moses family -- Part V. Paxad : landscapes of beaver and coyote.
Subject:
Paloos Indians > History.
Paloos Indians > Biography.
Paloos Indians > Folklore.
Snake River Plain (Idaho and Or.) > Folklore.
Indians of North America > Washington (State) > Folklore.
Indians of North America > Idaho > Folklore.
Oral tradition > Northwest, Pacific.

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