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Our stories remember : American Indian history, culture, & values through storytelling / Joseph Bruchac.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--History.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Folklore.
- Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Within the pages of this introduction to American Indian history, culture, and values, readers will gain insight into the totality of Native American experience and culture. Each chapter in the book explores a particular shared cultural value or world view through both traditional stories and Bruchac's commentary. A diverse range of Native groups is included-Tlingit, Navajo, Cree, Abenaki, Yupik, Seminole, Sioux, Cherokee, and many more. Awards Won Selected for inclusion on the New York Public Library Books for Teen Age 2004 List IPPY (Independent Publisher) Award winner, Story Teller of the Year.
- Contents:
- The road of stories
- Who are we?
- Origins
- Spirit: life and death
- Trickster's turn
- Contact: the coming of Europeans
- Generations: parents, grandparents, children
- All is living around us: animal, people, and plants
- Epilogue: the drum is the heartbeat.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-46755-7
- 9786612467554
- 1-55591-870-0
- OCLC:
- 614557138
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