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American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) by Richard Erdoes Publisher Comments Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 drawings.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Coyote Was Going There: Indian Literature of the Oregon Country by Jarold Ramsey Publisher Comments 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.... (read more) List Price $29.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Daughters of Copper Woman by Anne Cameron Publisher Comments Cameron's retelling of Northwest Coast Native myths: fiction that weaves together lives of legendary and imaginary characters.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village: The Dimensions of a Haida Myth, with a Foreword by Richard Bringhurst and a New Afterword by the Author by Gary Snyder Synopsis In 1951, as a student of anthropology in Oregon, Gary Snyder set himself to the task of analyzing the many levels of meaning a single Native American myth might hold. He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village is the result of Snyder's critical look at... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Trickster: American Indian Myth by Paul Radin Publisher Comments Anthropological and psychological analysis by Radin Kereny and Jung of the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebego Trickster cycle.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Flying with the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear: Tales from Native North America by Marianne D Wallace Publisher Comments In every American Indian culture, there comes a time in each boy's life when he must walk forth on his own, leave his home and the protection of his family to prove to himself and to his people that he can survive and grow. Traditional stories passed... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tales of Native America by Edward Huffstetler Synopsis With their universal themes of love, loss, and justice, myths, which define the values and customs of a particular society, continue to have meaning for us hundreds and even thousands of years after they were first told. The lavishly illustratd volumes... (read more) List Price $15.98 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Symbols of Native America by Heike Owusu Publisher Comments A thousand illustrations show the fascinating origins and meanings of 300 signs, starting with the simplest--lines, circles, curves--and tracing their combinations into ever more complex designs. They come from a variety of North American tribes, and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Legends of the Yosemite Miwok by Frank R. Lapena Et Al Book News Annotation The 18 legends are translated and transcribed from the earliest sources by anthropologists or by members of the native Miwok people of the Yosemite Valley in California. Endnotes discuss academic aspects of each tale, and point out connections to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.47 New - Trade Paper
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Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories by Charles F Lummis Publisher Comments Charles F. Lummis's profound understanding of Indian and Spanish culture in the American Southwest is reflected in this collection of thirty-two myths centering around the Pueblo of Isleta on the Rio Grande. In adapting these traditional oral tales... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Myths of the North American Indians by Lewis Spence Publisher Comments Rich anthology of the myths and legends of the Algonquins, Iroquois, Pawnees, and Sioux, prefaced by an extensive historical and ethnological commentary. Simply written tales of warrior rivalries, steadfast love, and victory over powerful forces are... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Native American Myths (05 Edition) by Lewis Spence Publisher Comments Drawn from the legends of the Algonquins, Iroquois, Sioux, Pawnee, and Northern and Northwestern Indians, these enchanting tales offer rich insights into tribal character and beliefs. The stories, selected by the distinguished anthropologist and... (read more) Your price: $3.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Sprinting Backwards To God by C W Duncan Synopsis "Sprinting Backwards To God" is a story of hope and healing. Part autobiography, part storytelling anthology, it could only have been written by a man who has both the gifts of healing and humor in such equal parts as does Duncan Sings-Alone. If you care... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Voices of the Winds: Native American Legends by Margot Edmonds Publisher Comments This wonderfully colorful and appealing anthology gathers more than 130 Native American legends, many told to the authors by elder storytellers and tribal historians.... (read more) Your price: $9.99 New - Hardcover
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Catch the Whisper of the Wind by Cheewa James Publisher Comments Interviewing Native Americans across the United States and Canada, professional speaker, television personality and master storyteller Cheewa James--enrolled with the Modoc tribe of Oklahoma--culled these insightful and powerful stories of Indian people.... (read more) List Price $11.75 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dee Brown's Folktales of the Native American: Retold for Our Times by Dee Brown Publisher Comments This comprehensive collection of Native American folklore draws on a unique oral tradition, illuminating for students the very roots of Native American culture. Gathered from numerous tribes—Seneca, Hopi, Navaho, Creek, Cheyenne, Cherokee, and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A cycle of myths :native legends from Southeast Alaska by John E Smelcer Publisher Comments Folklore. Mythology. With an introduction by the editor and a map of Alaska Native Peoples. This "collection of twenty myths is an excellent introduction into the world of southeast Alaska Native cultures" (Dr. Alexandr Vaschenko). John Smelcer has... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Legends of the Yosemite Miwok by Frank La Pena Publisher Comments This is the revised edition of an entertaining collection of some of the most representative Miwok legends from the Yosemite region. Efforts have been made to find the earliest and presumably most accurate versions of the stories which have been... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Tales from the Dena: Indian Stories from the Tanana, Koyukuk, & Yukon Rivers by Frederica De Laguna Book News Annotation In 1935, Frederica De Laguna (emerita, anthropology, Bryn Mawr College) visited Native villages in the middle and lower Yukon River valley as part of a larger archaeological expedition. Together with her assistant, she recorded in handwriting a number... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dictionary of Native American Mythology by Sam D Gill Review "A wonderful compilation that would make a fine supplement to an early American literature class."--Scarlett Saavedra, Tooadega College "Entices readers to explore the complex fabric of North American Indian tales and ritual. While numerous other... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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