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Overview
This wonderfully appealing anthology and tome of North American history gathers more than 130 Native American legends, many told to authors Margot Edmonds and Ella E. Clark by highly lauded elder storytellers and tribal historians. The legends feature a broad array of mythical figures, such as Thunderbird, Coyote and Raven, as well as human-like characters in tales such as "The Girl Who Married the Moon" and "Two Brothers Who Became Stars." Organized by region-with tales from the Northwest, Southwest, Great Plains, Southeast and Northeast-the legends are drawn from numerous tribes, including: The Wasco, The Aleut, The Apache, The Yosemite, The Cheyenne, The Sioux, The Hopi, The Navajo, The Chippewa, The Cherokee, And Many Others Introduced by an informative headnote and accompanied by a hundred evocative line drawings, Voices of the Winds is an amazing window into the past of the native legends of North America.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780785839750 |
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| Publisher: | Chartwell Books |
| Publication date: | 01/04/2022 |
| Pages: | 384 |
| Sales rank: | 309,715 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.20(d) |
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
As It Was xiii
Part 1 From the Northwest 3
The Creation of the First Indians Chelan 4
Coyote and Multnomah Falls Wasco 8
When the Animals and Birds Were Created Makah 12
Raven's Great Adventure Alaska 14
Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood Yellowstone 16
Coyote and the Monsters of the Bitterroot Valley Flathead or Salish 20
Creation of the Red and White Races Flathead or Salish 24
The Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers Moses Band of Columbia River Indians 26
Coyote's Adventures in Idaho Flathead 29
The Origin of Camas Roots Okanagon 32
Coyote's Salmon Sanpoil 34
Woodpecker and the Theft of Fire Sanpoil 38
Pah-To, The White Eagle Wasco 41
The Bridge of the Gods Wasco 43
Raven and His Grandmother Aleuts 47
The White-Faced Bear Aleuts 51
The Two Inquisitive Men Aleuts 54
The Girl Who Searched for Her Lover Aleuts 56
The Girl Who Married the Moon Aleuts 59
Part 2 From the Southwest 63
The Flood on Superstition Mountain Pima 64
How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World Hopi 66
How the Great Chiefs Made the Moon and the Sun Hopi 72
First Journey through Grand Canyon Hopi 76
Origin of the Clans Hopi 80
The Wind God Hopi 82
At the Rainbow's End Navaho 85
Legend of the Night Chant Navaho 89
Spider Rock Navaho 94
Song of the Horses Navaho 96
The Story of the Two Brother-Cousins Navaho 99
Creation Apache 101
Origin of Fire Jicarilla-Apache 105
Origin of the Animals Jicarilla-Apache 107
An Apache Medicine Dance Jicarilla-Apache 109
Legend of the Big Bird Chipewyan 114
The Legend of the White Bear Chipewyan 116
The Hummingbird Zuñi 118
The Four Flutes Zuñi 123
The Yellow Hand Papago 125
Why the North Star Stands Still Paiute 130
A California Creation Myth Yokut 133
Why Mount Shasta Erupted Shasta 137
Land of the Ghost Dance Shasta 140
A San Joaquin Valley Tale Mariposa 141
The Queen of Death Valley Shoshone 143
The Story of Creation Diegueños 145
The Fly at the Council Diegueños 147
The Impiety of Frog Diegueños 148
Fiesta Tu-chai-pai Diegueños 149
The Origin Of Yosemite Yosemite (Miwok) 150
The Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la Yosemite (Miwok) 152
How Half Dome Was Formed Yosemite (Miwok) 154
Bridal Veil Fall Yosemite (Miwok) 156
Leaping Frog Rocks Yosemite (Miwok) 158
The Legend of the Geysers Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo) 161
Before This Land Luiseño 164
Tales of Lake Tahoe Washo 166
The Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook Hawaii 168
The Hula School Hawaii 172
Part 3 From the Great Plains 181
Origin of the Buffalo Cheyenne 182
How the Buffalo Hunt Began Cheyenne 184
Eagle War Feathers Cheyenne 185
Enough Is Enough Cheyenne 187
Falling-Star Northern Cheyenne 188
Buffalo and Eagle Wing Unknown 192
The Sun Dance Hidatsa 195
The Corn Ceremony Hidatsa 199
An Address to Mother Corn Ankara 203
The Buffalo Dance Mandan 205
Sun Dance Mountain Dakota-Sioux 206
Origin of the Prairie Rose Dakota-Sioux 208
The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn Dakota-Sioux 209
The Legend of Standing Rock Dakota-Sioux 212
The Mysterious Butte Dakota-Sioux 214
Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe Dakota-Sioux 216
Legend of the Thunder God Dakota-Sioux 218
A Teton Ghost Story Dakota-Sioux 219
How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo Arapaho 221
The Buffalo Rock Blackfeet 223
The Wise Man of Chief Mountain Blackfeet 224
Origin of the Sweat Lodge Piegan 228
Puma and the Bear Ute 230
Porcupine Hunts Buffalo Ute 232
Coyote vs. Duck Ute 234
Two Fawns and a Rabbit Ute 236
Two Grandsons Ute 238
The Origin of Summer and Winter Acoma 241
Part 4 From the Central Region 245
Arch Rock on Mackinac Island Ottawa 246
The Great Serpent and the Great Flood Chippewa-Ojibwa 247
The Forsaken Brother Chippewa 250
Father of Indian Corn Chippewa-Ojibwa 253
Legend of the White Plume Iowa 257
Boy Stolen by Thunderbird Winnebago 261
Holy Song (Medicine Song) Winnebago 263
Some Adventures of "The Little Hare" Winnebago 265
Making the Sacred Bundle Pawnee 269
Legend of the Piasa Illini 272
Two Brothers Who Became Stars Wichita 275
Part 5 From the Southeast 283
The Origin of Earth Tuskegee 284
In the Beginning Yuchi 285
The First Fire Cherokee 287
The Origin of Game and of Corn Cherokee 288
The Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals Cherokee 294
The Origin of Medicine Cherokee 297
The Hero with the Horned Snakes Cherokee 298
The Green Corn Festival Shawnee 299
The Walnut-Cracker Creek 301
How Rabbit Fooled Alligator Creek 302
The Celestial Canoe Alabama 304
The Milky Way Seminole 307
Men Visit the Sky Seminole 308
Adoption of the Human Race Natchez 310
Part 6 From the Northeast 313
The First People and the First Corn Penobscot-Passamaquoddy 314
The Origin of the Thunderbird Passamaquoddy 317
The Flying Canoe Passamaquoddy 318
The Loyal Sweetheart Passamaquoddy 320
Origin of the Medicine Man Passamaquoddy 322
The Giant and the Four Wind Brothers Penobscot 325
The Origin of Indian Summer Penobscot 327
The Water Famine Penobscot 328
The Legend of the Bear Family Penobscot 329
The Strange Origin of Corn Abnaki 330
Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights Wabanaki 332
Indians at Niagara Falls Seneca 335
The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls Seneca 336
Three Brothers Who Followed the Sun Seneca 338
Seek Your Father Seneca 342
A Mashpee Ghost Story Wampanoag 343
Rabbit and Otter, The Bungling Host Micmac 345
The Origin of the Iroquois Nations Iroquois 349
De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha Iroquois 351
Glossary 358
Bibliography 360
Index 365