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This magnificent collection of tales from the Native American tradition is both a cultural history and a compendium of myths and legends, including such stories as "Hiawatha", "The Sacred Bear-Spear", and "The Legend of Cold Weather".

Introduces readers to American Indian myths and legends.

"The Northwest Coast region covers the strip of land along the Pacific coast of Canada and the northern United States. Traditional Stories of the Northwest Coast Nationsfeatures stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Haida, Quileute, and Lummi. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject."--Amazon.com.

"Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. Author Mar̕a Garc̕a Esper̤n, illustrator Amanda Mijangos, and translator...

In this thoughtful and thorough reworking of Lewis Spence's! seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout on the history of Native Americans, their lifestyle, culture, and religion/mythology. He includes examples of myths from tribes omitted by Spence, such as the Inuit, a guide to tribes and their myths by region, and an...

This is a two-volume documentary reader presenting the perspectives of American Indians (either in the voices of American Indians themselves or as interpretable through other accounts) on the history of North America. Editors Seelye (history, Kent State U.) and Littleton (a doctoral candidate in the history of the American West at Northern Arizona U.) include 224 documents, chronologically arranged from a number of different creation stories and accounts...