Turtle Island: tales of the Algonquian nations

A collection of twenty tales from the different tribes that are part of the Algonquian peoples who lived from the Middle Atlantic States up through eastern Canada

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1. Verfasser: Curry, Jane Louise 1932- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Watts, James (IllustratorIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York McElderry Books 1999
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:A collection of twenty tales from the different tribes that are part of the Algonquian peoples who lived from the Middle Atlantic States up through eastern Canada
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-143)
The creator makes the world (Lenape) -- Rainbow crow (Cheyenne) -- The race between buffalo and man (Cheyenne) -- Why deer have short tails (Shawnee) -- The three cranberries (Ojibway) -- The coming of Manabush (Menomini) -- Manabush and the monsters (Menomini) -- The great flood (Ojibway) -- Turtle island (Lenape) -- Maushop the giant (Wampanoag/Pequot/Narraganset/Montauk) -- Wesakaychak snares the sun (Cree) -- Beaver and muskrat change tails (Malecite) -- Weskaychak rides on the moon (Cree) -- Woodpecker and sugar maple (Lenape) -- Why Blackfeet never kill mice (Blackfoot) -- Ground squirrel and turtle (Cheyenne) -- How summer came to the North (Naskapi) -- The white fawn (Miami) -- The great bear hunt (Fox) -- How Glooskap defeated the great bullfrog (Passamaquoddy) -- The land of the Northern lights (Abenaki) -- The seven wise men (Lenape) -- The burnt-faced girl (Micmac) -- The bear maiden (Ojibway) -- Kupahweese's luck (Lenape) -- The mighty Wasis (Penobscot) -- Glooskap's farewell gifts (Micmac/Passamaquoddy)
Beschreibung:145 p. Ill., Kt. 22 cm
ISBN:0689822332
9780689822339

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