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Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author Paul Goble, The Woman Who Lived with Wolves features a collection of 26 traditional stories from different Native American tribes, including the Pawnee, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Lakota. These include The Gift of the Sacred Calf Pipe, which demonstrate the deep spiritual values contained in Native American oral culture. Also included is a foreword by Vivian Arviso Deloria, the former Executive Director...
7) Mystic horse
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.
9) Love flute
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A gift to a shy young man from the birds and animals helps him to express his love to a beautiful girl.
10) Beyond the ridge
Author
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
At her death an elderly Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife believed in by her people, while the surviving family members prepare her body according to their custom.
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.
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