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Skunny Wundy : Seneca Indian tales / Arthur C. Parker ; illustrated by George Armstrong ; with a foreword by Joseph Bruchac ; with an introduction by George R. Hamell.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0815602928 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780815602927 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xx, 10-224 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: Syracuse University Press ed.
  • Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1994.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Skunny Wundy and other Indian tales. New York : George H. Doran, [c1926].
Formatted Contents Note:
Skunny Wundy tricks old fox -- How fox and raccoon tricked one another -- Raccoon and the three roasting geese -- How the wood duck got his red eyes and Sojy had his coat spoiled -- Wink, the lazy bird, and the red fox -- Why Ted-Oh, the woodchuck, climbs a tree -- How Joeagah, the raccoon, ate the crabs -- The owl's big eyes -- The woeful tale of long tail rabbit and long tail lynx -- How the rabbit's lip was split -- Oseedah, the rabbit gambler -- How chief bear lost his tail -- The buffalo and the mean old bear -- The porcupine's quills -- The mink and the eagle -- The box tortoise's shell -- How the bluebird gained the color of the sky and the gray wolf gained and lost it -- Turtle gains a long neck and reveals that he is good for soup -- How the conifers flaunt the promise of spring -- The turtle's war party -- How turtle won the race with beaver -- Turtle runs a race with bear -- The Grand Sagamore who wandered afar -- The buffalo's hump and the brown birds -- Toad brother's warts and the Peeper's peep -- How moose and turkey scalped the giants -- Weasel and old snowy owl -- The ghost of the Great White Stag.
Subject:
Seneca Indians > Folklore.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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