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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Black Elk Speaks" is the powerful and inspirational story of the Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk and his people during the momentous twilight years of the 19th century, as told to distinguished poet, writer, and critic Neihardt in 1930.
Author
Language
English
Description
More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups gives us 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. 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. With black-and-white illustrations throughoutSelected...
10) Indian country
Author
Language
English
Description
Matthiessen explores ten important instances where the white man's encroachments upon the sacred grounds of Indian tribes show the tragic effects of a confrontation that is bound to harm both sides.
Author
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Language
English
Description
David Leeming and Jake Page have provided an introduction and commentary on seventy-two myths drawn from a variety of cultures and language groups. They honor the Native pantheons, cosmologies, heroes, and heroines first as cultural expressions, then as variations on other mythic narratives to which they may be related, and ultimately as expressions of the larger human experience of myth making. In the process Leeming and Page reveal much of the relationship...
Author
Publisher
World Book, a Scott Fetzer company
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Myths and legends from Central and South America. Features include information about the history and culture behind the myths, pronunciations, lists of deities, word glossary, further information, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
MetroBooks
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the spiritual beliefs and legends of the Native peoples of North America, looking at the origins of their rituals, ceremonies, and social customs, and presenting a sampling of legends about creation, animals, love and passion, and the spirit world.