These stories originated in the canyons, plains, mountains, and vast forests of pre-Columbian North America, from the indigenous groups that inhabited the land for thousands of years. Within specific regions, each had its own arts, customs, social practices, and language. This book brings together 120 of the legends, tales, and myths from the rich oral tradition shared in the Southwest, Western Range, Pacific Northwest, California, Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, and Great Plains regions. This collection of transcribed stories, with over 50 color illustrations, presents a vivid picture of authentic Native American life.
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I am quite the anthropology and, hence, mythology enthusiast, and I own my share of books on American Indian lore. Imagine my surprise to find that this "new" book offered a selection of myths that were nearly all collected over a century ago. Notwithstanding the obviously stilted writing style that this often implies, one must realize that Native American ethnography had scarcely matured into a scientific discipline by the time these stories were collected. Therefore, the lion's share of narratives "worth recording," as it were, had not been collected. The illustrations are nice, but one wonders about the choice of stories and the fact that so many extremely well known (not to mention, of critical etiologic importance!) myths have not found their way into McNeese's work. Furthermore, the editing is abjectly wretchedly abominable. One finds rampant misspellings, rife omissions of words, capitalized words in the middle of sentences, small letters opening sentences, and stray hyphens here, there, and everywhere. Check out Erdoes and Ortiz or Dee Brown if you're looking for a suitable introduction to the fantastic literature of the North American Indian, but, by all means, avoid McNeese like the plague!
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Although modern anthropologists continue to push back te earliest accepted date for Native American occupation of the great woodlands east of the Mississippi, a comfortable period lies somewhere between 5,000 and 7,000 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wounded elk, white horsemen, earthen lodges, supernatural people, sustained agriculture, cracking walnuts, yellow hand Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Feather Cloud, Great Basin, New York, Red Bear, North America, Western Range, Master of Breath, Cliff Dwellers, Yellow Corn Maidens, Great Head, Lewis Spence, New England, Sun Dance, American Indian, New Mexico, Edward Curtis, Five Nations, United States, Bald Eagle, Mississippi River, Other World, Scott Wood, Book of Tales, Charles Erskine, Corn Mother New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Although modern anthropologists continue to push back te earliest accepted date for Native American occupation of the great woodlands east of the Mississippi, a comfortable period lies somewhere between 5,000 and 7,000 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wounded elk, white horsemen, earthen lodges, supernatural people, sustained agriculture, cracking walnuts, yellow hand Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Feather Cloud, Great Basin, New York, Red Bear, North America, Western Range, Master of Breath, Cliff Dwellers, Yellow Corn Maidens, Great Head, Lewis Spence, New England, Sun Dance, American Indian, New Mexico, Edward Curtis, Five Nations, United States, Bald Eagle, Mississippi River, Other World, Scott Wood, Book of Tales, Charles Erskine, Corn Mother New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Yosemite Legends by Bertha H. Smith on 4 pages
- Algonquin Legends by Charles G. Leland on 4 pages
- Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians by John R. Swanton on page 60, page 71, and Back Matter
- The Indians' Book (Native American) by Natalie Curtis on page 10, page 103, and Back Matter
- The Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles Godfrey Leland on page 14, page 20, and Back Matter
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