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A collection of traditional tales which present the heritage of various Indian nations, including the Wampanoag, Cherokee, Osage, Lakota, and Tlingit.
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Flying with the eagle, racing the Great Bear: tales from native North America
2009, Fulcrum Pub., Consortium Book Sales & Dist
in English
1555916252 9781555916251
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Flying with the eagle, racing the great bear: stories from Native North America
1993, Troll Medallion
in English
081673027X 9780816730278
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Northeast
The dream fast, Anishinabe
White weasel, Abenaki
Racing the Great Bear, Iroquois
Granny squannit and the bad young man, Wampanoag
The Southeast
How the game animals were set free, Cherokee
The wild boy, Caddo
The underwater lodge, Muskogee (creek)
The wisdom of the willow tree, Osage
The Southwest
The owl-man giant and the monster elk, Apache
How the hero twins found their father, diné (Navajo)
The bear boy, Pueblo
The ghost society, Yuki
The Northwest
The light-haired boy, Lakota
Star boy, Cheyenne
Salmon boy, Tlingit
Tommy's whale, Inupiaq.
Edition Notes
Originally published: Mahwah, N.J. : BridgeWater Books, c1993.
Includes bibliographical references.
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First Sentence
"One of the most common rites of passage found throughout most of Native North America is the vision quest."
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