Indian legends from the northern Rockies / by Ella E. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Ella E. (Ella Elizabeth), 1896-1984.

Contributor:

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Series:

Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 82.

The Civilization of the American Indian series ; [v. 82]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Folklore.

Indians of North America.

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (bookplate) (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Clark, Ella E. (Ella Elizabeth), 1896-1984 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

McGrady, Patrick (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)

McGrady, Grace (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxv, 350 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1966.

Summary:

The stories in this unusual collection come from the twelve tribes of Indians that in historic times have lived in the present states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

Contents:

How these Indians lived

A Sahaptian tribe : the Nez Perces

Salishan tribes : the Flatheads, the Kalispels, and the Coeur D'Alenes

The Kutenais

Shoshonean tribes : The Shoshonis and the Bannocks

Algonquian tribes : the Arapahos, the Gors Ventres, and the Blackfeet

Siouan tribes : the Crows, the Sioux, and the Assiniboines.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-344) and index.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel with her bookplate on front pastedown.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket (with ms. corrections to jacket copy) retained.

Schimmel Collection copy inscribed by the author to Patrick and Grace McGrady on 6 October 1966 in blue ink on front free endpaper.

OCLC:

711855