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Talking rocks : geology and 10,000 years of native American tradition in the Lake Superior Region
- Title
- Talking rocks : geology and 10,000 years of native American tradition in the Lake Superior Region / by Ron Morton and Carl Gawboy ; illustrations by Carl Gawboy.
- Author
- Morton, R. L. (Ronald Lee)
- Publication
- Duluth Minn. : Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | E78.G7 M67 2000 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Gawboy, Carl.
- Description
- 213 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- A journey across more than 10,000 years of the Pays d'en Haut to explore its geology, and to try to see how this geology affected the traditions, beliefs, and culture, of the Native Americans who called it home.
- Subject
- Indians of North America > Great Lakes Region (North America)
- Indians of North America > Canadian Shield
- Indians of North America > Ohio River Valley
- Indians of North America > Great Plains
- Natural history > Great Lakes Region (North America)
- Natural history > Canadian Shield
- Natural history > Ohio River Valley
- Natural history > Great Plains
- Indians of North America
- Natural history
- Myths > Indians of North America
- Folktales > United States
- Geology > Great Lakes
- Great Lakes Region
- Great Plains
- North America > Canadian Shield
- Ohio River Valley
- Lake Superior (United States) > Geology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-208) and index.
- Contents
- 1. The meeting -- 2. End of an ice age -- 3. People of the Pays D'en Haut -- 4. Earth roots -- 5. The wolf's head -- 6. A long winter night -- 7. Makers of the magic smoke -- 8. The talking sky -- 9. The never-ending circle.
- ISBN
- 1570251428
- 9781570251429
- LCCN
- 99006701
- OCLC
- ocm41713011
- 41713011
- SCSB-1274479
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library