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A Coyote reader / William Bright.

Title: A Coyote reader / William Bright.
Author: Bright, William, 1928-2006
Publication: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993.

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Description

xxiv, 202 pages; 24 cm

Summary

A collection of stories and poems from both traditional Native American tales and modern American writing that show Coyote in roles that range from a divine archetype to an outlaw.

Subject

Genre/Form

short stories.
poetry.
legends (literary genre)
Short stories
Poetry
Myths
Legends
Fiction
Folklore
Translations
Nouvelles.
Poésie.
Mythes.
Légendes.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

The coyote / by Mark Twain -- A berry feast / by Gary Snyder -- Coyote goes to a dance / by Mamie Offield and William Bright -- Coyote's homecoming / by Chester Pepper and William Bright -- Telling about Coyote / by Simon Ortiz -- Coyote and friends ; How her teeth were pulled / by Jarold Ramsey -- Coyote established fishing taboos / by Charles Cultee and Franz Boas, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote lays down the law / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote gives birth / by Tony Tillohash and Edward Sapir, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote places the stars / by Hamilton Tyler -- Fivefold fanfare for cover / by Dell Hymes -- Coyote steals a drink / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- Coyote eats grasshoppers / by Chester Pepper and William Bright -- Coyote cooks his daughter / by Rosinda Nolasquez and Jane H. Hill, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote turns into driftwood / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote and Beaver exchange wives / by William Brandon -- Coyote sucks himself / by Victoria Howard and Melville Jacobs, adapted by Dell Hymes -- Coyote in love / by Bruce Bennett -- Coyote Man and Saucy Duckfeather / by Peter Blue Cloud -- Coyote steals fire / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- "What stinks?" / by Leslie Silko -- Trickster / by Wendy Rose -- Coyote baptizes the chickens / by Alejandrina Murillo Melendres, María Aldama, and Leanne Hinton, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote and the prairie dogs / by Yellowman, with Barre Toelken and Tacheeni Scott -- Muddy prints on mohair / by Peter Coyote -- Sex, fingers, and death / by Sam Batwi and Edward Sapir, adapted by William Bright -- First woman invents compassion / by Jarold Ramsey -- Coyote starts upriver / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote continues upriver / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- Coyote and badger / by Charles Cultee and Franz Boas, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote tricks Grey Fox / by Rudolph Kane, Katherine Davenport, and Larry Evers -- Two coyotes / by Harry Wheeler and Haruo Aoki, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote and the gypsies ; Coyote's metaphysics / by Bruce Bennett -- Frybread story ; Coyote, Coyote, please tell me / by Peter Blue Cloud -- Coyote Rōshi Goroku / by Robert Aitken -- Coyote marries his own daughter / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- Coyote on the beach / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote / by Will Staple -- The incredible survival of Coyote / by Gary Snyder -- Coyote's epilogue to the telling / by Jarold Ramsey -- Spearfish sequence / by Dell Hymes -- Song for the First People / by David Wagoner.

ISBN

0520080610
9780520080614
0520080629
9780520080621

LCCN

92032640

OCLC

26547517
SCSB-10245066

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library