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Dreams and thunder : stories, poems, and the sun dance opera / Zitkala-Ša ; edited by P. Jane Hafen.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zitkala-S̈a, 1876-1938.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yankton Indians--Literary collections.
- Yankton Indians.
- Yankton Indians--Poetry.
- Yankton Indians--Folklore.
- Sun dance--Drama.
- Sun dance.
- Folklore.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Poetry.
- Literary collections.
- Folklore.
- Folk tales.
- Librettos.
- Literature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- A collection of writings by one of the most prominent Native American activists and writers of the 20th century. Included are tales about mythic characters such as Buffalo Woman, Buzzard Skin, the Hawk Woman, the Stone Boy, and the Thunder People. In "The Sun Dance Opera," a performance of the sacred Sun Dance is inserted into the story of a love triangle involving a Sioux woman and her two suitors, one good and one evil.
- Contents:
- Stories. The buffalo woman
- When the buffalo herd went west
- Buzzard Skin and the sea monsters
- The hawk woman
- The boy and the rainbow
- The stone boy and the grizzly
- The making of Thunder People
- Zicha, the squirrel, and Iktomi
- The witch woman
- Squirrel Man and his double
- Child dancer, Pi-Yeh-Kah-Nump, transfigured
- Search for Bear Claws, the lost school boy
- Prayer of Pe-S̆nija, shriveled-top
- Dreams
- Poems. Ballad
- Iris of life
- The Indian's awakening
- The red man's America
- A Sioux woman's love for her grandchild
- The Sun Dance opera.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.
- "Writings on Zitkala-Ša": pages 165-171.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Contains:
- Zitkala-S̈a, 1876-1938. Sun dance opera.
- ISBN:
- 0803249187
- 9780803249189
- OCLC:
- 47917759
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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