Name: indian why stories: sparks from war eagle's lodge-fire
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Author: Linderman, Frank Bird ; Russell, Charles M. ; Hatfield, Sarah Waller
ISBN: 9780803280380

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indian why stories: sparks from war eagle's lodge-fire

Type

Physical Book

Author

Frank Bird Linderman

Illustrated by

Charles M. Russell

Introduction by

Sarah Waller Hatfield

Publisher

Bison

Year

2004

Language

English

Pages

290

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.5 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN

0803280386

ISBN13

9780803280380

Synopsis "indian why stories: sparks from war eagle's lodge-fire"

Old-man, or Napa, as he was called by the Blackfeet, is an extraordinary character in Indian stories. Both powerful and fallible, he appears in different guises: god or creator, fool, thief, clown. The world he made is marvelous but filled with mistakes. As a result, tensions between the haves and have-nots explode with cosmic consequences in Indian Why Stories. Elders of the Blackfeet, Cree, and Chippewa (Ojibwa) people shared these wonderful tales with Frank B. Linderman in the late nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century. War Eagle (the fictional name of Linderman's friend and Chippewa medicine man Pah-nah-to, or Full-of-dew), tells these stories to attentive youngsters after the first frost in the fall. He speaks of animal people, including a deer and an antelope in a footrace, a dancing fox who convulses a buffalo with laughter, a white beaver and ghost people, a huge snake in love with the moon, a sparrow hawk of conscience, and many others. These sparkling tales reveal a reverence for life, honesty, and the unity of creation. This expanded edition features thirteen previously unpublished verse stories along with an introduction to those stories by Sarah Waller Hatfield, granddaughter of Linderman. Frank B. Linderman (1869-1938) spent his adult life in Montana, first as a trapper and then as an author, politician, and businessman. He lived closely with the Salish, Blackfeet, Crows, and other Native peoples in the region and is the author of Plenty-coups: Chief of the Crows and Pretty-shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows, both available in Bison Books editions.

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