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The serpent's tongue : prose, poetry, and art of the New Mexico pueblos / edited by Nancy Wood.
A compendium of prose, poetry, painting, photography, and archival material, this anthology chronicles more than five hundred years of one of North America's oldest and most enduring native cultures.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 book (xxv, 230 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Dutton Books, ©1997.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-222) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Creation. The people shall continue / Simon J. Ortiz -- The coming of corn : Zuni tale / retold by Alice Marriott and Carol K Rachlin -- The origin of clans and societies : Zuni tale / retold by Frank Hamilton Cushing -- The dance of life / Nancy Wood -- Spider's creation : Zia legend / retold by David Campbell -- The great flood : Zia tale / retold by David Campbell -- The origin of the morning star : Zuni tale / retold by Franz Boas -- The stars / Pablita Velarde.Childhood. The unborn / Frank Hamilton Cushing -- Prayer spoken while presenting an infant to the sun : Zuni tale / retold by Margot Astrov -- Song for the newborn : Tewa tale / retold by Mary Austin -- New moon daughter / Harold Littlebird -- The little girl and the cricket : Tewa tale / retold by Franz Boas -- The snake who ate children / Tonita Peña -- The ghost : the Zuni people / translated by Alvina Quam -- Pueblo Christmas / Lawrence Jonathan Vallo -- Baby eagles : Zuni tale / retold by Ann Nolan Clark -- A trick / Larry Littlebird -- Have you ever hurt about baskets? / Marylita Altaka.A lasting way of life. Instructions on life / Vickie Downey -- A vast old religion / D.H. Lawrence -- Pueblo Indian religion / Joe S. Sando -- All as it was in this place timeless / Nancy Wood -- A circle begins / Harold Littlebird -- Going to Blue Lake / Ann Nolan Clark -- Spirit world of the Zunis : the Zuni people / translated by Alvina Quam -- Prayer to the ancients after harvesting : Zuni poem / translated by Margot Astrov -- The pine gum baby : Santa Clara tale / retold by Evelyn Dahl Reed -- Irrigation / Ann Nolan Clark -- Rattlesnake fools with coyote / Barry Lopez -- On the roof throwing : Cochiti tale / retold by Kris Hotvedt -- The harvesting of corn is begun / Carmen Gertrudis Espinosa.Abode of souls. Reminiscing with pá-pa (grandmother) about ka-tse-ma / Manuel Pino -- A woman mourns for her husband : Zuni tale / retold by Margot Astrov -- Grandmother / Joseph L. Concha -- Old woman / Nancy Wood -- The old woman : Zuni tale / retold by Tony Hillerman -- Sacred shoes / Paula Gunn Allen -- The abode of souls : Zuni tale / retold by Frank Hamilton Cushing -- How the days will be : Zuni poem -- The borrowed feathers / Barry Lopez -- The origin of death : Cochiti tale -- Song of a child's spirit : Santo Domingo poem -- A very good day to die / Nancy Wood.Pueblo. Conquistador hospitality, 1540 / Pedro de Casteñeda -- The rock / Willa Cather -- The Kiva / D'Arcy McNickle -- Taos Pueblo, 1882 / Henry R. Poore -- The ancient strength / Oliver La Farge -- Remembering Tewa Pueblo houses and spaces / Rina Swentzell -- A snake tale : San Juan tale / retold by Edward S. Curtis -- A fish story : San Juan tale / retold by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz -- An Acoma childhood / Simon J. Ortiz.Hunting. The secret trail / D'Arcy McNickle -- The man who killed the deer / Frank Waters -- Hunter's morning / Harold Littlebird -- How the deer got their red eyes : Isleta tale -- The rituals of hunting : the Zuni people / translated by Alvina Quam -- Animal dance / Pablita Velarde -- The hunting prayer / Larry Littlebird -- When I was thirteen / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The bear / Agripito Concha -- Hunting / Nancy Wood -- Rabbit hunt / Robert Mirabal -- The prairie dogs dance : Cochiti tale / retold by Evelyn Dahl Reed -- The priest's son and the eagle : Zuni tale / retold by Frank Hamilton Cushing.Ceremony and courtship. Imprisoned by bears : Tewa tale / retold by Ahlee James -- Oh sweet her / Joseph L. Concha -- Deer Hunter and white corn maiden : Tewa tale / translated by Alfonso Ortiz -- The sphynx moth and the old coyote : Picuris tale / retold by John P. Harrington -- The watermelon race / Carmen Gertrudis Espinosa -- The delight makers / Adolf F. Bandelier -- The snakes of Tesuque, 1924 / Edward S. Curtis -- Witchcraft / Marc Simmons -- Magpie drowns blue corn girl : Taos tale / retold by Elsie Clews Parsons -- True way of the scalp dance : Zuni people / translated by Alvina Quam.Two worlds. San Geronimo / Frank Waters -- Pueblo reality : Taos tale / Anonymous ; retold by Nancy Wood -- Kopis'taya (a gathering of spirits) / Paula Gunn Allen -- Pecos warriors at Jemez / N. Scott Momaday -- He is not one of us / Sun Elk -- My great-grandmother / Leslies Marmon Silko -- Towa / Nora Naranjo-Morse -- Echo from beyond / Joe S. Sando -- Mixed blood / Mary Austin -- Easy life of the gray-eyed / James Paytiamo -- Indian boarding school : Taos school girl -- Boarding school blues : San Juan school girl -- The importance of a shawl : Taos school girl -- How an Indian looks at life / Lucy Lowden -- Right of way / Simon J. Ortiz.
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| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡gChildhood. ‡tThe unborn / ‡rFrank Hamilton Cushing -- ‡tPrayer spoken while presenting an infant to the sun : Zuni tale / ‡rretold by Margot Astrov -- ‡tSong for the newborn : Tewa tale / ‡rretold by Mary Austin -- ‡tNew moon daughter / ‡rHarold Littlebird -- ‡tThe little girl and the cricket : Tewa tale / ‡rretold by Franz Boas -- ‡tThe snake who ate children / ‡rTonita Peña -- ‡tThe ghost : the Zuni people / ‡rtranslated by Alvina Quam -- ‡tPueblo Christmas / ‡rLawrence Jonathan Vallo -- ‡tBaby eagles : Zuni tale / ‡rretold by Ann Nolan Clark -- ‡tA trick / ‡rLarry Littlebird -- ‡tHave you ever hurt about baskets? / ‡rMarylita Altaka. |
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