Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies by Ella E Clark
The stories in this unusual collection come from the twelve tribes of Indians that, in historic times, have lived in the present states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. They include myths, legends, personal narratives, and historical traditions preserved by highly respected storytellers, and reveal much about the lives and beliefs of the early Indians.The sections of the book are arranged to represent Indians of six linguistic groups: Nez Percés; Flatheads, Kalispels (or Pend d'Oreilles), and Coeur d'Alênes(Skitswish); Kutenais; Shoshonis and Bannocks; Arapahoes, Gros Ventres, and Blackfeet; and Crows and Assiniboines. Although attention is focused on Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, the factual introductions to the various sections cover a larger - from the Cascade Range of western Washington and Oregon almost to the Mississippi River. Because the Sioux frequently came into Montana and Wyoming to make war and to hunt buffalo, two of their landscape legends are included.
These are the stories which used to be told around winter fires for the entertainment and instruction of the Indian family. The simplicity of style characterizing the narrations is truly reflective of their origins in oral literature.
Mythology is related to history in this volume, which belongs in any library or home where instruction is intended to delight.
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The Sacred Pipe
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A History of the Indians of the United States
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The Blackfeet
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Sitting Bull
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The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths
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From Cochise to Geronimo
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Crazy Horse
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American Indian Medicine
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The Cherokees
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The Five Civilized Tribes
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Geronimo
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The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic
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The Comanches
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Pocahontas's People
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Old Bill Williams, Mountain Man
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Pocahontas
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Aztec Warfare
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The New Catalog of Maya Hieroglyphs, Volume One
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Naskapi
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The Osage and the Invisible World
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Mexico's Indigenous Past
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Indian Life on the Upper Missouri
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Tlacaelel Remembered
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The Sioux of the Rosebud
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Indian Tribes of Oklahoma
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Oklahoma Seminoles
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Five Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri
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The Kiowas
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The Navajos
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Indian Oratory
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The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800
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The Army of Tennessee
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The World of the Crow Indians
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The Ten Grandmothers
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Empire of the Inca
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Chief Left Hand
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The Cheyenne Way
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The Potawatomis
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Half-Sun on the Columbia
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American Indian Holocaust and Survival
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American Indians in U.S. History
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Maria
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The Powhatan Indians of Virginia
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Cherokee Tragedy
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The Pequots in Southern New England
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Pre-Columbian Literatures of Mexico
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Pueblo Gods and Myths
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The Sac and Fox Indians
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780806120874 |
| ISBN 10 | 0806120878 |
| Title | Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies |
| Author | Ella E Clark |
| Series | The Civilization Of The American Indian Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Year published | 1988-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 372 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |