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Coyote Was Going There: Indian Literature of the Oregon Country

by Jarold Ramsey

ISBN13: 9780295957319
ISBN10: 029595731x
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The material cause of this book is a Central Oregon childhood spent around Indians and devoted to hunting for the artifacts of their ancestors, the efficient cause is in the works of the late Melville Jacobs.

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The vivid imagination, robust humor, and profound sense of place of the Indians of Oregon are revealed in this anthology, which gathers together hitherto scattered and often inaccessible legends originally transcribed and translated by scholars such as Archie Phinney, Melville Jacobs, and Franz Boas.
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ISBN:
9780295957319
Subtitle:
Indian Literature of the Oregon Country
Compiled:
Ramsey, Jarold
Editor:
Ramsey, Jarold
Compiled:
Ramsey, Jarold
Editor:
Ramsey, Jarold
Publisher:
University of Washington Press
Location:
Seattle :
Subject:
Native American Studies
Subject:
Indians of north america
Subject:
Legends
Subject:
American - Native American
Subject:
Indians of North America -- Oregon -- Folklore.
Subject:
Native American
Copyright:
c197
Edition Number:
1st paperback ed.
Edition Description:
Bibliography: p. 289-295.
Publication Date:
June 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
9.08x6.09x.84 in. 1.19 lbs.
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