Record details

• ISBN: 0670868736
• ISBN: 9780670868735
• Physical Description: 93 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
• Publisher: New York ; Viking, 1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 93).

Formatted Contents Note:

Earth Always Endures (Mandan) -- Magpie Song (Navajo) -- Prayer at Sunrise (Zuni) -- Song of the Opening of the Shrine (Osage) -- The Child Is Introduced to the Cosmos at Birth (Omaha) -- Song of the Sky Loom (Tewa) -- Prayer to the Goddess (Apache) -- from Sayataca's Night Chant (Zuni) -- The Wind Blows from the Sea (Papago) -- Invocation to the Rainmakers (Zuni) -- The Mockingbird's Song (Tiwa) -- Song of the Home God (Navajo) -- My Words Are Tied in One (Yokuts) -- Song to the Trees and Streams (Pawnee) -- My Music Reaches to the Sky (Chippewa) -- Friendly Song (Chippewa) -- An Overhanging Cloud (Chippewa) -- Wind Song (Pima) -- Song of the Thunders (Chippewa) -- Song of the Trees (Chippewa) -- Need I Be Afraid? (Hidatsa) -- Rattlesnake Ceremony Song (Yokuts) -- Ghost Dance Songs (Arapaho) -- Because I Am Poor (Kiowa) -- Let Me See Is This Real? (Pawnee) -- When You Return (Teton Sioux) -- Song of the Rising of the Buffalo Bull Men (Osage) -- To the Buffalo (Chippewa) -- War Songs (Chippewa) -- A Spell to Destroy Life (Cherokee) -- Love Song (Chippewa) -- Wind Song (Kiowa) -- Song of an Ambitious Mother (Chippewa) -- Warpath Song (Kiowa) -- Song of Entering the Village (Osage) -- On Presenting an Enemy-slayer with a Cup of Water (Papago) -- I Will Walk (Chippewa) -- Mashing the Berries (Kiowa) -- The Noise of the Village (Chippewa) -- When I Was Young (Chiricahua Apache) -- The Entire World (Chippewa) -- I Heard You (Winnebago) -- A Wolf I Considered Myself (Teton Sioux) -- I Am a Wolf (Teton Sioux) -- Song of Sitting Bull (Teton Sioux) -- The Death Song of White Antelope (Cheyenne) -- I Am Walking (Chippewa) -- Song of Two Ghosts (Omaha) -- The Song of the Stars (Passamaquoddy) -- The Heavens Are Speaking (Pawnee) -- Our Hearts Are Set in the Heavens (Pawnee) -- In the Blue Night (Papago) -- Brown Owls (Papago) -- In the Great Night (Papago) -- A Lullaby (Tewa) -- Last Daylight Song (Navajo) -- Songs of Life Returning (Paiute) -- All Is Restored in Beauty (Navajo) -- I Am Like a Bear (Pawnee) -- Song at Sunrise (Teton Sioux) -- Snake Song (Chippewa).

Additional Physical Form available Note:

Also issued online.

Awards Note:

American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1997

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Indian poetry > North America > Translations into English.
Indians of North America > Pictorial works.
American poetry > Indian authors > Collections.
Indians of North America > Poetry.
Indian poetry.
Indians of North America.
North America.
Indians of North America > Poetry.

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Poetry.
Pictorial works.
Translations.