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Grayhawk's Native American Folktales / Grayhawk Perkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perkins, Grayhawk, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Southern States--Folklore.
- Indians of North America.
- Indigenous people--Southern States--Folklore.
- Houma Indians--Folklore.
- Houma Indians.
- Indian mythology--Southern States--Juvenile literature.
- Indian mythology.
- Tales--Southern States--Juvenile literature.
- Tales.
- Local Subjects:
- Indigenous people--Southern States--Folklore.
- Genre:
- Folk literature.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (149 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Grayhawk's Native American Folktales is the long-awaited first collection by Grayhawk Perkins, a noted Choctaw/Houma storyteller from Louisiana. Grayhawk largely bases his stories on Indigenous tales but tweaks them to appeal to audiences today. Most stories feature universal nonhuman animal characters, such as Deer, Rabbit, Bobcat, Turtle, and Snake, who exhibit characteristic traits. Their adventures and challenges in the natural world provide insight into human behavior and how to treat others. There are also delightful creations stories about how the world came to be, featuring the diligent Crawfish, and about how skunks got their stripe and why opossums are white. Although targeted to children ages 7 to 12, readers of all ages will be charmed by Grayhawk's contribution to Indigenous literature"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The crawfish story
- People of the crawfish
- The little people
- The spirit of the heron
- Opossum and raccoon
- Mico catfish and buffalo
- Deer and rabbit
- Alligator and rabbit
- Little green plant and the snake
- How we received the gift of fire
- Bobcat and the stickball game
- Kingsnake
- Skunk learns a lesson
- Rabbit in the field
- Little bear
- The ant pile
- The negative boy
- The butterfly
- Red-winged blackbird
- Turtle, owl, and Anhinga: a journey of life.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780817395568
- 0817395563
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