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Native plant stories / told by Joseph Bruchac ; from Keepers of life [by] Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Marilou Awiakta ; story illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden.

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942- (Author). Caduto, Michael J. Keepers of life. (Added Author).

Summary:

Stories taken from Native American legends illustrate the importance of plant life in their traditions.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1555912125
  • ISBN: 9781555912123
  • Physical Description: xxv, 128 pages : illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1995.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction. The corn spirit (Tuscarora, eastern woodland).
Creation. The sky tree (Huron, eastern woodland) -- How Kishelemukong made the people and the seasons (Lenni Lenape, eastern woodland).
Celebration, thanksgiving, and stewardship. The thanks to the trees (Seneca, eastern woodland).
Flowers and fruits, seeds and spores. The circle of life and the clambake (Wampanoag, eastern woodland) -- Fallen Star's ears (Cheyenne, plains) -- Koluskap and Malsom (Passamaquoddy, eastern woodland) -- Why some trees are always green (Cherokee, southeast) -- The bitterroot (Salish, plateau) -- Indian summer (Penobscot, eastern woodland) -- The first basket (Mandan, plains) -- Blue dawn (Isleta Pueblo, southwest).
Survival. The woman who lives in the Earth (Chugach Inuit, Arctic) -- Waw Giwulk : the center of the basket (O'odham, southwest) -- How Fox brought the forests from the sky (Snoqualmie, Pacific northwest) -- The people of maize (Lacandon Maya, Middle America) -- Waynabozho and the wild rice (Anishinabe, Ojibwa or Chippewa, eastern woodland).
Healing our relations. The buffalo bull and the cedar tree (Osage, plains).
Subject:
Indians of North America > Folklore.
Tales > North America.
Plants > Folklore.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library E 98 .F6 B78 1995 2245188 Stacks Reshelving -

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