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Native American stories / told by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden.

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- (Author). Ka-Hon-Hes, (ill.). Caduto, Michael J. Keepers of the earth. (Added Author).

Summary:

A collection of Native American tales and myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1555910947 (pbk.) :
  • ISBN: 9781555910945 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 145 pages: illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1991.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"From Keepers of the earth [by] Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac."
Formatted Contents Note:
Creation. The coming of Gluscabi (Abenaki, northeast woodlands) -- The Earth on Turtle's back (Onondaga, northeast woodlands) -- Four worlds : the Dine story of creation (Dine/Navajo, southwest).
Fire. Loo-Wit, the fire-keeper (Nisqually, Pacific northwest) -- How Grandmother Spider stole the sun (Muskogee/Creek, Oklahoma).
Earth. Tunka-shila, grandfather rock (Lakota/Sioux, Great Plains) -- Old Man Coyote and the rock (Pawnee, Great Plains).
Wind and weather. Gluscabi and the wind eagle (Abenaki, northeast woodlands).
Water. The hero twins and the swallower of clouds (Zuni, southwest) -- Koluscap and the water monster (Micmac and Maliseet, Maritime provinces) -- How thunder and earthquake made ocean (Yurok, California) -- Sedna, the woman under the sea (Inuit, Arctic regions) -- How Raven made the tides (Tsimshian, Pacific northwest).
Sky. How Coyote was the moon (Kalispel, Idaho) -- How Fisher went to the skyland : the origin of the Big Dipper (Anishinabe, Great Lakes region).
Seasons. Spring defeats winter (Seneca, northeast woodlands).
Plants and animals. Coming of corn (Cherokee, North Carolina) -- Manabozho and the maple trees (Anishinabe, Great Lakes region) -- Kokopilau, the hump-backed flute player (Hopi, southwest) -- How Turtle flew south for the winter (Dakota/Sioux, Midwest) -- Gluscabi and the game animals (Abenaki, northeast woodlands) -- Awi Usdi, the little deer (Cherokee, North Carolina).
Life, death, spirit. Origin of death (Siksika/Blackfeet, Montana and Alberta).
Unity of earth. White Buffalo Calf Woman and the sacred pipe (Lakota/Sioux, Great Plains).
Subject:
Indians of North America > Folklore.
Indian mythology > North America.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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