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Tales of Native America /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Myths of the worldPublication details: New York : MetroBooks, �1996.Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 1567992854
  • 9781567992854
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Tales of Native America.DDC classification:
  • 398.2/08997 21
LOC classification:
  • E98.R3 H77 1996
Other classification:
  • 6,33
  • 73.55
  • 73.63
Contents:
Introduction : myth and the Native American view of the world -- How the earth began : stories of physical creation -- How the people began : stories of the origins of culture and of ceremonies and rituals -- Our brothers, the four-legged and two-legged : stories of animals and animal origins -- The best that is in us all : stories of the hero -- Standing the world on its head : stories of the trickster -- Two wrapped in one blanket : stories of love and passion -- Noises in the night : stories of ghosts and spirits.
Summary: Captures the beauty, humor, and spirituality of Native American culture through one of its greatest traditions -- storytelling.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 398.2 HUF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000172315

Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index.

Introduction : myth and the Native American view of the world -- How the earth began : stories of physical creation -- How the people began : stories of the origins of culture and of ceremonies and rituals -- Our brothers, the four-legged and two-legged : stories of animals and animal origins -- The best that is in us all : stories of the hero -- Standing the world on its head : stories of the trickster -- Two wrapped in one blanket : stories of love and passion -- Noises in the night : stories of ghosts and spirits.

Captures the beauty, humor, and spirituality of Native American culture through one of its greatest traditions -- storytelling.

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