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Dakota texts / by Ella Deloria ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Raymond J. DeMallie.

Summary:

Ella Deloria (1889–1971), one of the first Native students of linguistics and ethnography in the United States, grew up on the Standing Rock Reservation on the northern Great Plains and was trained by Franz Boas at Columbia University. Dakota Texts presents a rich array of Sioux mythology and folklore in its original language and in translation. Originally published in 1932 by the American Ethnological Society, this work is a landmark contribution to the study of the Sioux tribes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 080326660X
  • ISBN: 9780803266605
  • Physical Description: xxxii, 279 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Bison books ed.
  • Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : G.E. Stechert, 1932, in series: Publications of the American Ethnological Society ; v. 14. With new introd.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Iktomi conquers Iya, the eater -- Iktomi takes his mother-in-law on the warpath -- Iktomi marries his daughter -- Iktomi tricks the pheasants -- Iktomi kills the Deer Boy -- Iktomi and the buffalo -- Iktomi and the raccoon-skin -- Iktomi in a skull -- Doubleface tricks a girl -- Doubleface steals the virgin -- Doubleface and the four brothers -- Coyote and bear -- Turtle -- Meadow-lark and the rattlesnake -- Boy-beloved's blanket -- Stone Boy (literal translations end here) -- The Turtle-Moccasin Boy -- The Turtle-Moccasin Boy, continued -- White-Plume Boy -- Blood-Clot Boy -- The Eagle Boy -- The hero overcomes the cold -- Heart-killer -- Two men rescue a buffalo-man's arm -- The sacred arrow -- The Feather Man -- Tazi's adventures (European) -- The blue egg (European) -- The Elk Man -- The Deer Woman -- The Deer Woman, Yankton version, in Yankton dialect -- A woman kills her daughter -- The stingy hunter -- Incest -- The wicked sister-in-law -- The man who married a buffalo woman -- The rolling skull -- The twin-spirits -- The boy with buffalo power -- A Pawnee story of aid given by the buffalo -- A woman becomes a horse -- Fish-butte -- Bewitched by the buffalo -- Owl's eyes -- Standing rock legend -- The friendship song -- The lovers -- A doubleface steals a child -- The warriors who became snakes -- She-Who-Dwells-in-the-Rocks -- A bad deed -- A man kills his friend -- The gift of the horse -- Old Woman's Lake -- A woman joins her lover in death -- How Bear Woman got her name -- A ghost story -- Two enemy scouts make an agreement -- Crow-Dakota woman -- A woman kills her husband's slayer -- Gartersnake-earing-wearers -- Owner-of-White-Buffaloes-Woman -- A man who profited by returning dead bodies of enemies -- Pouting girl finds a husband.
Language Note:
Dakota with English translations.
Subject:
Dakota literature > Translations into English.
Dakota language > Texts.
Lakota Indians > Folklore.
Dakota language.
Dakota literature.
Lakota Indians.
Genre:
Folklore.
Texts.
Translations.

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Iktomi conquers Iya, the eater
Iktomi takes his mother-in-law on the warpath
Iktomi marries his daughter
Iktomi tricks the pheasants
Iktomi kills the deer boy
Iktomi and the buffalo
Iktomi and the raccoon-skin
Iktomi in a skull
Doubleface tricks a girl
Doubleface steals the virgin
Doubleface and the four brothers
Coyote and bear
Turtle
Meadow-lark and the rattlesnake
Boy-beloved's blanket
Stone boy (literal translations end here)
The turtle-moccasin boy
The turtle-moccasin boy, continued
White-plume boy
Blood-clot boy
The eagle boy
The hero overcomes the cold
Heart-killer
Two men rescue a buffalo-man's arm
The sacred arrow
The feather man
Tazi's adventures (European)
The blue egg (European)
The elk man
The deer woman
The deer woman, Yankton version, in Yankton dialect
A woman kills her daughter
The stingy hunter
Incest
The wicked sister-in-law
The man who married a buffalo woman
The rolling skull
The twin-spirits
The boy with buffalo power
A Pawnee story of aid given by the buffalo
A woman becomes a horse
Fish-butte
Bewitched by the buffalo
Owl's eyes
Standing rock legend
The friendship song
The lovers
A doubleface steals a child
The warriors who became snakes
She-Who-Dwells-in-the-Rocks
A bad deed
A man kills his friend
The gift of the horse
Old woman's lake
A woman joins her lover in death
How bear woman got her name
A ghost story
Two enemy scouts make an agreement
Crow-Dakota woman
A woman kills her husband's slayer
Gartersnake-earing-wearers
Owner-of-white-buffaloes-woman
A man who profited by returning dead bodies of enemies
Pouting girl finds a husband.