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Saynday's people; the Kiowa Indians and the stories they told.

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  • Physical Description: 226 p. illus. 21 cm.
  • Publisher: Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press [c1963]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"BB174."
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
"Bibliography for illustrations": p. 223.
Formatted Contents Note:
Winter-telling stories. Who Saynday is and what he did. How Saynday got the sun ; How Saynday brought the buffalo ; How the white crow turned black ; Why the deer have short teeth ; Why the ant is almost cut in two ; How Saynday got caught in a buffalo skull ; How Saynday ran a foot race with Coyote ; How Saynday got caught in a tree ; How the bobcat got his spots ; How Saynday tried to marry the whirlwind ; Indian Saynday and white man Saynday -- The end of Saynday.
Indians on horseback. Who the Plains Indians are -- What the Great Plains are -- When the white man came -- One man's life on the plains -- How the tribes governed themselves -- The sun dance ceremony -- Indian doctors and medicines -- A Plains Indian cookbook -- How the Plains Indians made things -- What the Plains Indians are doing now.
Subject:
Kiowa Indians > Folklore.
Indians of North America > Great Plains.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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