Cherokee stories of the Turtle Island liars' club : Dakasi elohi anigagoga junilawisdii (turtle, earth, the liars, meeting place) / noya uwowelanv (written by) Christopher B. Teuton ; digowelisgi uninohetlanv (told by) Hastings Shade (Ulasgvhi), Sammy Still (Siquotsi), Sequoyah Guess (Sigwoya), ale Woody Hansen ; illustrations by America Meredith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Teuton, Christopher B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cherokee Indians--Folklore.

Cherokee Indians.

Tales--Oklahoma.

Tales.

Oral tradition--Oklahoma.

Oral tradition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club paints a vivid, fascinating portrait of a community deeply grounded in tradition and dynamically engaged in the present. A collection of forty interwoven stories, conversations, and teachings about Western Cherokee life, beliefs, and the art of storytelling, the book orchestrates a multilayered conversation between a group of honored Cherokee elders, storytellers, and knowledge-keepers and the communities their stories touch. Collaborating with Hastings Shade, Sammy Still, Sequoyah Guess, and Woody Hansen, Cherokee scholar Christopher B.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Note on Pronunciation of Cherokee; Introduction: Opening the Door; Sagwu (One): Alenihv (Beginnings); Tali (Two): Adanvsgvi (Movements); Joi (Three): Dideyohvsdi (Teachings); Nvgi (Four): Ulvsgedi (The Wondrous); Afterword: Standing in the Middle; Acknowledgments; Works Cited

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9798890840288

9798890840295

9781469601526

1469601524

9780807837498

0807837490

OCLC:

812780356