Tonweya and the eagles, and other Lakota Indian tales / retold by Rosebud Yellow Robe ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yellow Robe, Rosebud.

Contributor:

Pinkney, Jerry.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lakota Indians--Folklore.

Lakota Indians.

Indians of North America--Great Plains--Folklore.

Indians of North America.

Great Plains.

Genre:

Folklore.

Folklore -- Great Plains -- Juvenile.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Atha Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

118 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Dial Press, [©1979]

Summary:

A collection of animal tales first told by the Plains Indians, interwoven with factual information about the Lakota people.

Contents:

Chano

The lodge of the bear

Chano's first buffalo fight

The white fox

Wastewin and the beaver

The boy who wore turtle shell moccasins

The wicked sister-in-law

Iktomi and the red-eyed ducks

The Lakota woman

Tonweya and the eagles.

Notes:

"Design by Atha Tehon"--t.p. verso.

"Several of the stories in this book won awards at the American Indian Art Exhibition in Scottsdale, Arizona."

Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List, 1981.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copies 1 & 2: dust jackets retained.

Tehon Collection copy 1 is "Second Printing, 1980".

Tehon Collection copy 1 has stamp "File Copy" on front and back free endpapers.

Tehon Collection copy 2 is "Second Edition".

Tehon Collection copy 2 has statement "An ALA Notable Book" on dust jacket front lapel.

Tehon Collection copy 2 has Dial Books for Young Readers in publisher's statement.

Other Format:

Online version: Yellow Robe, Rosebud. Tonweya and the eagles, and other Lakota Indian tales.

ISBN:

0803789734

9780803789739

0803789742

9780803789746

OCLC:

4592629