To the American Indian, the thought and the word were sacred, and each of the many tribes had its own channels of expression. Thus grew up a store of unrecorded literature. This book was the first anthology of American Indian prose and poetry, and reveals that aboriginal America had a body of primit...

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Format:	Book
Language:	English Multiple
Published:	New York Capricorn Books 1962
Edition:	3. impr.
Subjects:	Littérature indienne d'Amérique - Traductions anglaises American literature > Translations from Indian languages Folk literature, Indian > Translations into English Indian literature > Translations into English Indian literature > North America > Translations into English Nordamerika
Summary:	To the American Indian, the thought and the word were sacred, and each of the many tribes had its own channels of expression. Thus grew up a store of unrecorded literature. This book was the first anthology of American Indian prose and poetry, and reveals that aboriginal America had a body of primitive literature worthy to rank beside those of other continents and races, and demonstrated the American Indian to be "an outstanding poet, a singer of exquisite songs, a maker of sublime prayers, dangerous spells, and a judidious teller of tales and mythic stories."
Physical Description:	XI, 366 S.