Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe

Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe

Author: David Lee Smith

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780806129761

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An annotated collection of tales from the Winnebago people, drawn from the Smithsonian Institution among other sources, ranges from creation myths to trickster stories to myths and legends about the history of the tribe


American Indian Myths and Legends

American Indian Myths and Legends

Author: Richard Erdoes

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2013-12-04

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 080415175X

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More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.


Trickster

Trickster

Author: Matt Dembicki

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Published: 2016-07-06

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1938486714

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2010 Maverick Award winner, 2011 Aesop Prize Winner – Children's folklore section, and a 2011 Eisner Award Nominee. All cultures have tales of the trickster – a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself. In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms, from coyote or rabbit to raccoon or raven. The first graphic anthology of Native American trickster tales, Trickster brings together Native American folklore and the world of comics. In Trickster, 24 Native storytellers were paired with 24 comic artists, telling cultural tales from across America. Ranging from serious and dramatic to funny and sometimes downright fiendish, these tales bring tricksters back into popular culture.


Trickster Makes This World

Trickster Makes This World

Author: Lewis Hyde

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2010-08-17

Total Pages: 580

ISBN-13: 1429930837

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In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World—authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style—has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism. This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon.


The Wisdom of the Native Americans

The Wisdom of the Native Americans

Author: Kent Nerburn

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2010-10-06

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 157731297X

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The teachings of the Native Americans provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning. Taken from writings, orations, and recorded observations of life, this book selects the best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in short, digestible quotes — perhaps even more timely now than when they were first written. In addition to the short passages, this edition includes the complete Soul of an Indian, as well as other writings by Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman), one of the great interpreters of American Indian thought, and three great speeches by Chiefs Joseph, Seattle, and Red Jacket.


American Regional Folklore

American Regional Folklore

Author: Terry Ann Mood-Leopold

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2004-09-24

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1576076210

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An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice on researching beyond the library: locating and using community resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals, storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay, written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a directory of related resources.


Reincarnation Beliefs of North American Indians

Reincarnation Beliefs of North American Indians

Author: Warren Jefferson

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Soul Journeys, Metamorphoses, and Near-Death Experiences. This book provides an in-depth look at spiritual experiences about which very little has been written. Belief in reincarnation exists not only in India but in most small tribal societies throughout the world, including many Indian groups in North America. The stories and commentary presented here are well researched and drawn from anthropological records and other reliable sources of information. Learn about a Winnebago shaman's initiation, the Cherokee's Orpheus myth, the story of "A Journey to the Skeleton House" from the Hopi, the Inuit man who lived the lives of all animals, the Ghost Dance, and other extraordinary accounts.