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Retelling Trickster in Naapi's Language Nimachia Howe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howe, Nimachia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naapi (Trickster).
- Siksika language.
- Indians of North America--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Siksika Indians--Folklore.
- Siksika Indians.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Louisville : 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, Meets women, Lone pine, Wheel game, Sliding place.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781607329794
- 1607329794
- OCLC:
- 1122457478
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