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Wigwam evenings : Sioux folk tales retold
- Title
- Wigwam evenings : Sioux folk tales retold / by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa) and Elaine Goodale Eastman ; illustrated by Edwin Willard Deming ; introduction by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich.
- Author
- Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1990]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | E99.D1 E183 1990 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 253 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- Each of the 27 captivating tales in this rich collection, passed down from generation to generation, long ago provided an evening's entertainment and instruction for Sioux youngsters sitting spellbound around the campfire. Shortened and simplified for young readers and listeners of today, the stories include creation myths, animal fables reminiscent of Aesop, and stories of brave heroes, beautiful princesses, wicked witches, cruel giants, and other universal characters. In these stories, however, the characters unmistakably belong to the fascinating world of the Plains Indians. Among the memorable tales in this collection are "The Buffalo and the Field-Mouse," "The Raccoon and the Bee-Tree," "Unktomee and His Bundle of Songs," "The Festival of the Little People," "The Little Boy Man," "The First Battle," "The Beloved of the Sun," "The Laugh-Maker," "The Girl Who Married the Star," "North Wind and Star Boy," "The Magic Arrows," "The Ghost-Wife," and 15 more. Chosen by Charles A. Eastman, who was raised as a Sioux in the 1870s and 1880s, the tales include such unforgettable characters as Unktomee, the sly one (much like Br'er Fox of the Uncle Remus stories); Chanotedah (an Indian brownie or gnome); and the cannibal giants Eya and Double-Face. Young readers and students of Native American legend and lore will delight in these authentic, time-honored stories
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Legends
- Folklore
- Note
- Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1909.
- "A Bison book."
- Contents
- Buffalo and the field-mouse -- Frogs and the crane -- Eagle and the beaver -- War party -- Falcon and the duck -- Raccoon and the bee-tree -- Badger and the bear -- Good-luck token -- Unktomee and his bundle of songs -- Unktomee and the elk -- Festival of the little people -- Eya the devourer -- Wars of Wa-kee-yan and Unk-tay-hee -- Little boy man -- Return of the little boy man -- First battle -- Beloved of the sun -- Wood-chopper and berry-picker -- Son-in-law -- Comrades -- Laugh-maker -- Runaways -- Girl who married the star -- North Wind and Star Boy -- Ten virgins -- Magic arrows -- Ghost-wife.
- ISBN
- 0803267177
- 9780803267176
- 080321815X
- 9780803218154
- LCCN
- 90035728
- OCLC
- ocm21408931
- 21408931
- SCSB-1919766
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library