Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America

Table of contents

• Voices from Four Directions *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Introduction xiii
• Notes xx
• 1 - North 1
• Koryak - Raven Tales from Kamchatka 3
• Suggested Reading and References 10
• Raven-Man and Little-Bird-Man Compete for Yiniangawgut's Hand - Told by Paqa 11
• Ermine-People - Told by Paqa 20
• Tlingit - Raven Stories 25
• Suggested Reading 28
• Raven and Water 29
• Raven and Brown Bears 33
• Raven and His Nose 38
• Iñupiaq - The Young Woman Who Disappeared 42
• The Young Woman Who Disappeared 45
• Two Children Adrift 51
• Suggested Reading and References 58
• Two Children Adrift 59
• 2 - West 81
• Kwakwaka'Wakw - Giver 83
• Notes 88
• Giver 90
• Haida - The Sea Lion Hunter 105
• Suggested Reading and References 106
• The Sea Lion Hunter 108
• The Blind Man at Island Point Town and the One Who Went Around the Sea as a Halibut 121
• The Blind Man at Island Point Town and the One Who Went Around the Sea as a Halibut 124
• Okanagan - Prophecy at Lytton 134
• Prophecy at Lytton 141
• Lushootseed - Coyote and His Son 171
• Suggested Reading and References 178
• Coyote and His Son 180
• Sahaptin - Celilo 195
• Celilo 199
• Two Tales of Power 209
• Gambler and Snake 214
• Wind Woman 219
• Lake Miwok - How Coyote Remade the World 226
• Notes 230
• How Coyote Remade the World - Told by James Knight 231
• Miguelino Salinan - Snake 240
• Snake 242
• Yana - Young Blue Jay's Journey to the Land of the New Moon 244
• Notes 248
• Suggested Reading and References 249
• Young Blue Jay's Journey to the Land of the New Moon 251
• Quechan - Old Lady Sanyu·xáv 268
• Notes 269
• Old Lady Sanyu·xáv 271
• 3 - South 281
• Western Apache - Western Apache 283
• Suggested Reading and References 289
• He Became an Eagle 290
• Navajo - The Flight of Dzilyi Neeyáni 303
• Suggested Reading and References 307
• The Flight of Dzilyi Neeyáni - Storyteller Unknown 309
• Coyote Stories 317
• Coyote and Skunk 320
• Coyote and Bobcat 324
• San Juan Pueblo–tewa - The Oekuu Shadeh of Ohkay Owingeh 327
• Notes 332
• 1992 Oekuu Shadeh 334
• O'Odham - Whirlwind Songs 340
• Whirlwind Songs 1-6 - Performed by Ha-Ata 346
• Whirlwind Songs 7–11 348
• Kiowa 350
• Suggested Reading and References 353
• The Red Wolf Story 354
• Cherokee - Thunder and the Ukten 357
• Suggested Reading and References 363
• Thunder and the Ukten 366
• Yuchi - Trickster Tales 368
• Notes 372
• Rabbit and Alligator 374
• Wolf and Fawn 377
• Wolf and Fawn 380
• Catawba - Four Fables 383
• Suggested Reading and References 387
• Comet 389
• Barred Owl 391
• A Dog's Tale 393
• Rabbit Steals Fire from the Buzzards 394
• 4 - East 395
• Lakota - Double-Face Tricks a Girl 397
• Double-Face Tricks a Girl 403
• Ioway-Otoe-Missouria - Rabbit Frees the People from Muskrat 408
• Suggested Reading 411
• Rabbit Frees the People from Muskrat 413
• Meskwaki - Two Winter Stories 423
• Notes 429
• Suggested Reading and References 430
• When the Cannibal Giant Was Killed by Wisahkeha 432
• The Married Couple: the Man Whose Wife Was Wooed by a Bear 454
• Menominee - Red Swan 468
• Notes 470
• Red Swan 472
• Ojibwe - The Birth of Nenabozho 486
• Suggested Reading and References 492
• The Birth of Nenabozho 494
• Seneca - Creation Story 515
• Suggested Reading and References 521
• Seneca Creation Story 523
• Oneida - The Origins of Man 532
• Suggested Reading and References 535
• The Origins of Man 537
• Maliseet - The Legendary Tom Laporte 546
• Suggested Reading and References 551
• The Legendary Tom Laporte 552
• Mlgmaq - Three Stories 561
• Suggested Reading and References 564
• The Floating Island 566
• The Mlgmaq Cinderella 568
• Bapkubaluet the Gambler 570
• Naskapi 572
• Suggested Reading and References 578
• Umayichis 580
• Contributors 591
• Index 603

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