Legends of the Iroquois (Myths and Legends) (Paperback)

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This is a collection of stories and writings of Tehanetorens, a master storyteller in the Mohawk tradition. These ancient stories are presented in pictograph form with English translation, and carry us deep into the Native American culture of the Six Nations Confederacy. The text is supported with illustrations by the accomplished Iroquois artist Kahionhes, son of Tehanetorens.

About the Author

Tehanetorens is a master storyteller in the Mohawk tradition and also author of Roots of the Iroquois and Wampum Belts. During his lifelong career as a teacher, he established youth groups at Akwesasne to promote native values, served as president of the Indian Defense League of America, and founded the Six Nations Indian Museum in 1954 to serve as a cultural center for tribal people in the Six Nations region.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN); 1 edition (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570670560
• ISBN-13: 978-1570670565
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #271,674 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Curriculum for fun, September 22, 2008

By	E. Hansen "rwhwildart & Elwyn" (Mojave Desert, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Tehnetoren's `Legends of the Iroquois was devised to instruct Indian school children, and collects some favorite tales for curriculum purposes. Some of the character names clearly denote important historical encounters and events. When I went exploring the idea of the `stone' giants, I found information about American giants and armor skin that repelled stone tipped weapons. There's far more behind that story than what is available to the casual observer.

The assortment of symbols from Indian story telling found in this book seems to draw from various Eastern and Mid-western pictures/pictoglyphs and forms a unit on telling a story as a `visual learner`. I bought my copy from a market-place text book vender, and the student notes in the margin were puzzling around the story of two brothers who go out to hunt, and wind up inside the earth confronting a gigantic ferocious beast (a giant mouse.)

Who hasn't heard:

"the world will build a path to your door, if you build a better mouse trap."

And to the early American, other metaphorically gigantic creatures (because they did and do defy eradication) also included flying insects. If you've never watched the family film, `Mouse Hunt', then you've deprived yourself the laughter of being confronted with the absurdity and the irony of just how un-assailable is the mighty midget tyrannosaurus mouse. (O.K. I didn't have the patience to sit through all of it but it was recommended by the neighbor's kids who played it over and over.)


Mouse Hunt - DTS