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16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Native American Mythology

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1.

The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology » Read Now
by Paul Radin. 214 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Trickster A STUDY IN AMERICAN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY by PAUL RADIN...III. Winnebago Mythology and Literary Tradition...Relation to other North American Indian Trickster...
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Trickster in the Land of Dreams » Read Now
by Zeese Papanikolas. 190 pgs.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Trickster, from his Native American embodiment as Coyote...re-creations of Shoshonean mythology, and in other places...were the Goshoots, the native inhabitants of...
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Under the Sun: Myth and Realism in Western American Literature » Read Now
by Barbara Howard Meldrum. 234 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

"The scholarly standard of the contributions is uniformly high. Professor Meldrum has put forth a stimulating book on a central theme in Western literary studies."—Western American Literature
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Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians » Read Now
by Douglas R. Parks. 412 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The narratives include myths of ancient times, legends of supernatural power bestowed on selected individuals, historical accounts, and anecdotes of mysterious incidents.
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Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting » Read Now
by Trudy Griffin-Pierce. 237 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library
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Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians » Read Now
by Morris Edward Opler. 410 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

The publication of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians by the American Folk-Lore Society in 1938 illustrated the richness of the material on the tribes of the Southwest. Still a treasure-house of information, it appears with a new introduction and for the first time in paperback.
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Traditions of the Arapaho » Read Now
by George A. Dorsey, Alfred L. Kroeber. 492 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Anthropologists George A. Dorsey (1868-1931) and Alfred L. Kroeber (1876-1960) joined forces to record and preserve the rich cultural traditions of the Arapaho Indians. This result of their collaboration was first published in 1903 and bears witness to the religious feeling, imagination, and humor...
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Anthropologists George A. Dorsey (1868-1931) and Alfred L. Kroeber (1876-1960) joined forces to record and preserve the rich cultural traditions of the Arapaho Indians. This result of their collaboration was first published in 1903 and bears witness to the religious feeling, imagination, and humor of the Arapaho. Marvelous and mundane entities populate these vibrant tales, where spirit permeates everything, and everything has meaning.
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Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians » Read Now
by Robert H. Lowie. 308 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Myths And Traditions Of The Crow Indians is now reprinted with a new introduction by Peter Nabokov. These concretely detailed accounts served the crow Indians as entertainments, morals lessons, cultural records, and guides to the workings of the universe.
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Traditions of the Caddo » Read Now
by George A. Dorsey. 140 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

First encountered by explorer Hernando de Soto in the 16th century, the Caddoan tribes, found along the Red River in present-day Arkansas and Louisiana, practiced agriculture long before they hunted buffalo. These tales vibrate with both earthly and unearthly forces.
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The Pawnee Mythology (Part I) » Read Now
by George A. Dorsey. 548 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...are in it. I also give you a pipe and native tobacco and mother-corn, and painted sticks...one of the pipes, already filled with native tobacco, and smokes toward the...
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Lakota Myth » Read Now
by Elaine A. Jahner, James R. Walker. 434 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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The Mythology of the Wichita » Read Now
by George A. Dorsey. 351 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA Collected under the...Abstracts 315 - 351 THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE WICHITA. INTRODUCTION...holds good also regarding religion and mythology, and no...
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Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians » Read Now
by Clark Wissler, D. C. Duvall. 172 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians, originally published in 1908 by the American Museum of Natural History, introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers. Included are tales with ritualistic origins emphasizing the prototypical Beaver-Medicine and the roles played...
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Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians, originally published in 1908 by the American Museum of Natural History, introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers. Included are tales with ritualistic origins emphasizing the prototypical Beaver-Medicine and the roles played by Elk-Woman and Otter-Woman, and a presentation of Star Myths, which reveal the astronomical knowledge of the Blackfoot Indians. Narratives about Raven, Grasshopper, and Whirlwind-Boy account for conditions in humanity and nature. Many of the stories in the concluding group-like "The Lost Children" and "The Ghost-Woman"-were tales told to Blackfoot children.Clark Wissler notes that these narratives were collected very early in the twentieth century from the Piegans in Montana and from the North Piegans, Bloods, and Northern Blackfoot in Canada. Most were translated by D. C. Duvall and revised for Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler.Wissler (1870-1947) was curator at the American Museum of Natural History and chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. Among his major works are North American Indians of the Plains and Man and Culture.Introducing this Bison Book edition is Alice B. Kehoe, a professor of sociology and anthropology at Marquette University and the author of North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account.
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Origin Myth of Acoma and Other Records » Read Now
by Matthew W. Stirling. 123 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...before published, on Native American oral tradition Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians...1980s, the creation of Native American Studies programs in...part 1. New York:...
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Prophecy and Power among the Dogrib Indians » Read Now
by June Helm. 172 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

The Dogrib Indians are one of the Dene groups - Athapaskan-speaking peoples of the western Canadian Subarctic. Based on the author's field studies from 1959 to 1976, this volume presents an ethnographic description of the Dogrib prophet movement.
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The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth » Read Now
by Martin Barker, Roger Sabin. 248 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

How media versions of Cooper's classic frontier novel have perpetuated the myth of 'America.