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The Talking stone, an anthology of native American tales and legends, edited by Dorothy de Wit ; with decorations by Donald Crews

eng

Includes bibliographical references

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non fiction

The Talking stone

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edited by Dorothy de Wit ; with decorations by Donald Crews

an anthology of native American tales and legends

Twenty-seven tales of Native Americans from nine geographic regions of North America

The Iroquois. The talking stone (Seneca) ; Sky Elk, the ghost of Whiteface Mountain (Seneca) ; Turkey Brother and the magic panther suit (Seneca) -- Central and Northeast Woodland. Thunderbird (Winnebago) ; Little Burnt Face (Algonquin) ; Ojeeg, the hunter, and the ice man (Micmac) -- Southeast. The theft of fire (Hitchiti) ; Spearfinger, the witch (Cherokee) -- Southwest. Foot racers of Payupki (Hopi) ; Why Blackbird has white eyes (Navajo) ; The summer birds of K'yakime (Zuni) -- Plains. Inktomi and the ducks (Dakota) ; Small Star and the mud pony (Pawnee) -- Plateau-California. Skinkoots steals the springtime (Kootenai) ; What happened to the six wives who ate onions (Mono) ; Coyote and the swallowing monster (Nimipoo) ; Cottontail plays a trick on Coyote (Sia) -- Pacific Northwest. The feast of the mountain goats (Tsimshian) ; Raven and the nose of Gonaqadet (Pacific Coast) ; Halibut Man and the house on the waves (Pacific Coast) -- Far North and Eskimo. The-Boy-Who-Snared-the-Wind and the shaman's daughter (Thompson River) ; The Angakok and the mother of seals (Eskimo) ; The day Tuk became a hunter (Eskimo) -- Canada. The boy who was called Thickhead (Abenaki) ; Why Bootup, the whale, smokes a pipe (Micmac) ; The magic snowshoes (Micmac) ; Badger and the green giant (Micmac)

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