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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Myths and legends of the Pacific Northwest Myths and legends of the Pacific Northwest Katharine Berry Judson "These collected myths and tales of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest - the Klamath, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Modoc, Shastan, Chinook, Flathead, Clatsop, and other tribes - were first published in 19… OL108555W
Indian why stories Indian why stories Linderman, Frank Bird Retells twenty-two "why stories" of the Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Cree tribes, including tales of the creation and of the willful and wily doings of the creator, Old-man. OL116659W
Haa shuká, our ancestors Haa shuká, our ancestors Richard Dauenhauer,Nora Dauenhauer,Nora Marks Dauenhauer Recorded from the 1960s to the present by twelve tradition bearers who were passing down for future generations the accounts of haa shuka, which means our ancestors. Narratives tell of the origin of … OL18951694W
Sitting on the blue-eyed bear Sitting on the blue-eyed bear Gerald Hausman Navajo stories and poems with explanatory material. OL19136914W
The Manitous The Manitous Basil Johnston xiii, 247 p. : 21 cm OL2197537W
Loon Loon Henry S. Sharp "In August 1975 at Foxholm Lake on the reserve of the Chipewyan, a Northern Dene people, in the Northwest Territories of Canada, anthropologist Henry S. Sharp and two members of the Mission Band enco… OL4977931W
Reserve memories Reserve memories David W. Dinwoodie "Reserve Memories examines how myths and narratives about the past have enabled a Northern Athabaskan community to understand and confront challenges and opportunities in the present. For over five c… OL6214936W