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Retelling trickster in Naapi's language / Nimachia Howe.
Penn Museum Library E99.S54 H69 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howe, Nimachia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naapi (Trickster).
- Naapi.
- Siksika Indians--Folklore.
- Siksika Indians.
- Indians of North America--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Siksika language.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 161 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville, Colorado : Utah State University Press, an imprint of University Press of Colorado, [2019]
- Summary:
- "An examination of Niitsitapisinii (Blackfoot) origin stories about one of the powerful and unpredictable creators in Niitsitapii consciousness: Naapi. Through in-depth linguistic analysis, Howe reinterprets the earliest references to Naapi, offering an authentic understanding of his identity and the meanings and functions of the stories he appears"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Who is Naapi? : sign as first language
- Naapi's name
- Myth, legend, and Naapi
- A different conceptual order
- Appendix : selected Naapi stories : Person's face, Lone woman, Lone pine, Wheel game, Sliding place.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607329770
- 1607329778
- 9781607329787
- 1607329786
- OCLC:
- 1109437985
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