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Native American Mythology

Books on: native american myth

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Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: Sacred Myths, Dreams, Visions, Speeches, Healing Formulas, Rituals, and Ceremonials

Book by Elisabeth Tooker; Paulist Press, 1979

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Woodland Indians--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Narraganset, 8 . Naskapi, xi, 8 . Native American Church, xvi. Nature, 21 , 22 . Neutral...11, 270 ; modern, xvi, xvii; and myth, 31 ; new, xvi; and practices, 1...290 . Seneca, 9 ; language, 58 ; myths of, 34, 35 , 57 ; Thanksgiving Address...
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The Lasting of the Mohicans: History of an American Myth

Book by Martin Barker, Roger Sabin; University Press of Mississippi, 1995

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Canon (Literature), Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Appreciation--United States, Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Film And Video Adaptations, Cooper, James Fenimore--1789-1851--Last Of The Mohicans, Fiction, Historical Fiction, American--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--United States--History, Mohegan Indians In Literature, Myth In Literature, Popular Culture--United States--History, Social Values In Literature, United States--History--French And Indian War, 1755-1763--Literature And The War

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...linked themes: the "American Dream" and the near destruction of the native American population. Each of...the construction of the American myth, it also played a part...representations of native Americans and preparing the way...
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The American West: The Invention of a Myth

Book by David H. Murdoch; Welsh Academic Press, 2001

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Frontier And Pioneer Life--West (U.S.)--Public Opinion, Myth--Social Aspects--United States--History--20th Century, National Characteristics, American, Public Opinion--United States--History--20th Century, West (U.S.)--Civilization--20th Century--Public Opinion, West (U.S.)--In Mass Media

Collections: History, Entire Library

...is a contrast between American democracy and feudal tyranny...United States the Arthurian myth was a quaint and remote...America found her own, native-born myth in the West, this was...this into a functional myth required a catalyst...
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The Eternal Adam and the New World Garden: The Central Myth in the American Novel since 1830

Book by David W. Noble; Braziller, 1968

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Adam--(Biblical Figure)--In Literature, American Fiction--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Gardens In Literature, Myth In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...had gone to war in 1917, and has come home to his native citadel of the American Garden with his faith in the millennium destroyed...to the New. And is not this then the continuing American middle-class definition of the good society...
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Revelations: American History, American Myths

Book by Nathan Irvin Huggins, Brenda Smith Huggins; Oxford University Press, 1995

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African Americans--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...African-American, Asian-American, Native-American, and other ethnic histories...and a growing importance in American historiography is because we...about the experiences of Native Americans, peoples from the Pacific...

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Journal Articles on: native american myth

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"Manabozho": A Native American Resurrection Myth

Journal article by Nancy Tenfelde Clasby; Studies in Short Fiction, Vol. 30, 1993

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Myth in literature--Analysis, Native American literature--Analysis, Resurrection--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Manabozho": a Native American resurrection...cycles of sacred myth, vehicles for...psychology interpret myths as expressions...Bierhorst, John. "American Indian Verbal...Journal of American Folklore 103...L. "Ancient Myths and Modern Man...You: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics...Clackamas Chinook Myth." Swann 129...
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Myths and Stereotypes about Native Americans: Most Non-Indians Don't Know a Great Deal about the First Peoples of the Americas, Mr. Fleming Avers. but What's Worse Is That Much of What They Do "Know" Is Wrong

Journal article by Walter C. Fleming; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 88, 2006

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Native American culture--Analysis, Native Americans--Analysis, Native Americans--Culture, Native Americans--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Myths and Stereotypes about Native Americans: Most Non...IT comes to Americans knowledge about Native American (1) culture...nothing about Natives and those who...approximately 237,000 Native Americans, Eskimo...people who were American Indians and Alaska Natives or American...dying race. Myth 4. American...
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Powerful Creatures: Native American Animal Myths

Journal article by Steven S. Lapham; Social Education, Vol. 66, 2002

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Animals--Folklore, legends, etc., Native Americans--Folklore, legends, etc.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Powerful creatures: Native American animal myths by Steven S. Lapham...teachings of different Native American tribes...fauna. Match each myth with one of the...Seneca creation myth (common to many...American Indian Myths and Legends (New...
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Artistry in Native American Myths

Journal article by Jerrold E. Levy; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 5, 1999

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Artistry in Native American myths. by JERROLD E...trickster-transformer myths from as many different tribes and a selection of myths about bears. Four Yurok myths recounting the origin...versions of the same myth within a single culture...
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Myths and Realities in American-Canadian Studies: Challenges to Comparing Native Peoples' Experiences

Journal article by Roger L. Nichols; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 33, 2003

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...Challenges to Comparing Native Peoples Experiences...is clear that several myths surround the comparative...country. Here too, myths confuse the issues...tribes as units. A myth related directly to...past such widely-held myths, and the chance to...obtaining a Ph.D. in American frontier history at...experiences of the Native Americans as they dealt with their...

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Magazine Articles on: native american myth

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Share in the Light: Native American Stories of Creation

Magazine article by Terri J. Andrews; World and I, Vol. 13, July 1998

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Cosmogony--Portrayals, Creation--Portrayals, Native Americans--Myths and legends, Native North Americans--Myths and legends

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...Share in the Light: Native American Stories of Creation...and worship. Native American creation tales are no...committed the legends, myths, and teachings of their...unsophisticated time. For Native Americans, however, these tales...stories from Native American and other cultures...
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Native Americans vs. Environmentalists

Magazine article by Jeff Minerd; The Futurist, Vol. 34, May 2000

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Environmental movement--Race relations, Environmentalists--Race relations, Krech, Shepard, III--Research, Native Americans--Environmental policy, The Ecological Indian: Myth and Reality (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Native Americans vs. Environmentalists...Jeff Minerd American Indians battle...stereotypes. Native Americans are fighting...Ecological Indian: Myth and Reality...fact, Native Americans have had...shows that American Indians were...
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Toward a Native American Theology of Animals: Creek and Cherokee Perspectives

Magazine article by Dave Aftandilian; Cross Currents, Vol. 61, June 2011

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Cherokees--Religious aspects, Creeks (Native American people)--Religious aspects, Creeks (Native Americans)--Religious aspects, Human-animal relationships--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...overarching "Native American theology," of animals...generally held Native American beliefs from time to...possible. Second, Native American spiritual beliefs have...stories which non-natives have often called "myths." Therefore, rather...stories. (Because Native American people regard...implied by the term "myth," I prefer to refer...
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Native Americans Weren't Very Kind to the Environment

Magazine article by Bruce Bartlett; Human Events, Vol. 56, May 12, 2000

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Environmental protection, Native Americans

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...Wild in the Woods: The Myth of the Noble Eco-Savage...again." Moreover, Native Americans often burned...night." When hunting, Native Americans were not shy...buffalo. Furthermore, Native Americans often hunted...disappeared due to Native American over-hunting are the...unsurprising, given the Native Americans utter disregard for...
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In Search of the American Myth

Magazine article by Andrei Codrescu; American Theatre, Vol. 13, March 1996

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Americans--Social aspects, Culture--Analysis

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...equivalents in ancient myth. She is a blond native born of the California...is a collage of many myths. She is a little bit...Teller became an American myth: the god of technological...of the afterlife are myths of technology, American myths. Ezra Pound said to Americans, "Make it new...

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Newspaper Articles on: native american myth

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Moving Past the Myths: American Indian Seminar Focuses on Educating

Newspaper article by Gerald Mizejewski; The Washington Times, June 24, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Moving past the myths: American Indian seminar...going to go back to Native American history . . . Were going...conference on "The American Indian Experience and...integrating the Native American experience into curricula...misinformation about the first Americans, and discussed present...
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Native Peoples Aren't Dinosaurs

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September 10, 2006

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Native Americans, Teenagers, Youth

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a public lecture, `Native America in the 21st Century...the Mists and Beyond Myth, at 7 p.m. Oct...world of 21st century Native Americans, Indian people have...reported more than 4 million native people. This story is...
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'Truly Terrifying' Celtic Video Game to Compete in EUR15bn American Market; Arberth Studios Team Aims to Cash in on Welsh Myths and Legends

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 30, 2008

Subjects:

Mabinogion (Fictional work)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Compete in EUR15bn American Market; Arberth Studios...to Cash in on Welsh Myths and Legends. Byline...game on the massive American market. And the new...99 (pounds 16) via American PC game giant Got Game...years ago from their native Stockport. Mr Bruton...it all began. "The Americans love myth and legend and as Wales...
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A HIT OR MYTH? New Book Establishes Whether Commonly Held 'Truths' Are Wrong

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), February 2, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

A HIT OR MYTH? New Book Establishes Whether Commonly...book, which sets out to debunk common myths weve been accepting as fact since childhood...not the first man to reach the USA. Native American tribes were there more than 10,000...
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FILM HORROR SPECIAL: HOUSE OF HOAXES; IT'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF TWO FILMS AND A BOOK, BUT WERE THE HAUNTINGS OF AMITYVILLE A MYTH? by DAVID EDWARDS

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), April 15, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...FILMS AND A BOOK, BUT WERE THE HAUNTINGS OF AMITYVILLE A MYTH? by DAVID EDWARDS. On December 18, 1975, the Lutz...the site of an Indian burial ground. 3 The Long Island Native American Group says all Indian cemeteries in the area are outside...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: native american myth

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...coveted by every aspiring American writer and was first achieved...won attention by presenting American folk stories, and James Fenimore...Longfellow , who won the hearts of Americans with glib, moralizing verse...deep impression upon their native land and upon Europe. High...society all these were strongly American, and transcendentalists such...
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Cooper, James Fenimore

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and landscape of his native land in order to create a vivid myth of frontier life. In...reputation as the first major American novelist was established...France, nominally as American consul at Lyons. He...1830), romances of American life on land and sea. In Notions of the Americans (1828) he defended...
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Ottawa , Indigenous People of North America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...North America ot w , Native Americans whose language belongs...linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). Traditionally...area (see under Natives, North American ), the Ottawa have...developed creation myth that states that...
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Log Cabin

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...home typical of the American pioneer on the Western...In settlements where Native American attacks were feared...houses were unknown to Native Americans, and the first English...Shurtleff, The Log Cabin Myth (1939, repr. 1967...
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Mandan , Indigenous People of North America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ). The Mandan were a sedentary tribe of the...certain distinctive cultural traits, which included a myth of origin in which their ancestors climbed from beneath...

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