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River song : Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone

Title
River song : Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone / collected and edited by Richard D. Scheuerman & Clifford E. Trafzer ; foreword by Carrie Jim Schuster ; color plates by John Clement.
Publication
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Scheuerman, Richard D.
  • Trafzer, Clifford E.
Description
xxviii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm
Alternative Title
Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I. Naxc : Mary Jim/Xinstanik -- Calling for our land -- How coyote learned to fish-- The creatures of cloudy mountain -- The tilqawayks (wolf) and chowawatyet (Jim) families -- Part II. Napt : Andrew George/Tipiyelehne Xayxayx -- Nature is our teacher -- Chief Cleveland Kamiakin -- Salmon man and the wolf brothers -- Why coyote made the Palouse hills -- The Kamiakin family -- Part III. Metad : Gordon Fisher/Yoosyoos Tulikecin -- Take care of mother earth -- How beaver brough fire -- The origin of Palouse Falls -- The Poyakun/Billy Andrews and Paween families -- Part IV. Pinapt : Emily Friedlander Peone/Q'uomolah -- Too many memories -- Mary Owhi Moses/Sanclow -- Yamustas- elk's abode at Steptoe Butte -- The two sisters and star brothers -- The Sulkstalk'scosm/Moses family -- Part V. Paxad : landscapes of beaver and coyote.
Call Number
JFE 15-3319
ISBN
  • 9780874223279 (pbk.)
  • 087422327X (pbk.)
LCCN
2014036204
OCLC
899228589
Title
River song : Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone / collected and edited by Richard D. Scheuerman & Clifford E. Trafzer ; foreword by Carrie Jim Schuster ; color plates by John Clement.
Publisher
Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Scheuerman, Richard D., editor.
Trafzer, Clifford E., editor.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-3319
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