Navajo bird tales told by Hosteen Clah Chee / [collected by] Franc Johnson Newcomb ; edited by Lillian Harvey ; illustrated by Na-Ton-Sa-Ka.
Sixteen Navajo bird tales told by an old medicine man to a shepherd boy and his friends.
Record details
- ISBN: 0835600173
- ISBN: 9780835600170
- Physical Description: xiii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Wheaton, Ill. : Theosophical Pub. House, �1970.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "The author collected the stories in the book from many sources. Some from Hosteen Klah, some from Grayhair, and others from Shema Tsonie. There were Dudley, Tom Shorty, Martin, Clyde, Dorcus, Esther, each with something to contribute in addition to numerous others whose names I have forgotten"--Page xiii.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- [1] Keeday, the Navajo shepherd boy -- [2] Keedah's homecoming -- [3] Evening in the hogan -- [4] In the beginning there were seven -- [5] Coats for everyone -- [6] First laws -- [7] The Sky People -- [8] Older brother -- [9] Feathers for Bat woman -- [10] The song birds -- [11] Why Blackbird has white eyes -- [12] Hummingbird earns many colors -- [13] Yellow feathers for Canary -- [14] Woodpecker, Flicker, and Robin -- [15] The mourning dove wears red shoes -- [16] Mockingbird sings many songs.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | E 99 .N3 F6 C54 1970 | 284749 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |