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1 online resource. |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Description based on print version record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Foreword and Personal History / by Wilson Wewa -- Legends of the Northern Paiute -- Legend 1. The Creation Story and the Malheur Cave -- Legend 2. The Creation of the Human People -- Legend 3. The Bridge of the Gods, the Great Floods, and the Human People -- Legend 4. How the Seasons Came to Be -- Legend 5. When the Animals Were Still People and Starvation Hit the Land -- Legend 6. "Animal Village," Lady Big Horn Sheep, and a Mother Turned Into Stone -- Legend 7. The Epic Battle of the Giant Numuzo'ho and Coyote; Fort Rock and Monkey Face -- Legend 8. A Story of Hunting and the Patience of the Hunter -- Legend 9. Old Lady Jack Rabbit, Little Fat Jack Rabbit Girl, and the Ants -- Legend 10. Why the Badger has Long Claws and Digs -- Legend 11. A Big Dance in the Village; The Vanity of Coyote and Why Badger is Flat and Mean -- Legend 12. How the Stars Got Their Twinkle, Why Coyote Howls to the Sky -- Legend 13. Why Porcupines Eat Willows and Cottonwood Saplings -- Legend 14. Black Bear's Gift of Roots and Medicine -- Legend 15. Coyote and the Escape of Mouse -- Legend 16. Why the Rat's Tail Has No Hair -- Legend 17. The Deer and the Antelope as Brothers -- Legend 18. Obsidian and Rock, Deer and Coyote -- Legend 19. First Woman Travels in Search of Her Husband...and is Followed by a Skull and Bones -- Legend 20. A Legend of Darker and Lighter Skinned Children; and Prophecies of White People Coming Out of the East -- Comments on Rock Art; "Coyote Writing" and "Spiritual Writing" in Paiute Country -- Glossary. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Northern Paiute Indians -- Folklore.
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Legends -- Great Basin.
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Folklore -- Great Basin.
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Great Basin -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Gardner, James A., compiler, editor.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| Related To |
Original 9780870719004 0870719009 (DLC) 2017028005 |
| ISBN |
9780870719011 (electronic bk.) |
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0870719017 (electronic bk.) |
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9780870719004 |
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0870719009 |
| OCLC # |
EBC5111075 |
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