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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163888803321

Autore

Bruchac Joseph <1942->

Titolo

Flying with the eagle, racing the Great Bear [[electronic resource] ] : tales from native North America / / told by Joseph Bruchac

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Golden, Colo., : Fulcrum Pub., c2011

ISBN

1-283-13831-X

9786613138316

1-55591-775-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Disciplina

398.2089/97

Soggetti

Indians of North America

Indians of North America - Rites and ceremonies

Masculinity

Tales - North America

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Mahwah, N.J. : BridgeWater Books, c1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Northeast -- The dream fast, Anishinabe -- White weasel, Abenaki -- Racing the Great Bear, Iroquois -- Granny squannit and the bad young man, Wampanoag -- The Southeast -- How the game animals were set free, Cherokee -- The wild boy, Caddo -- The underwater lodge, Muskogee (creek) -- The wisdom of the willow tree, Osage -- The Southwest -- The owl-man giant and the monster elk, Apache -- How the hero twins found their father, dineĢ (Navajo) -- The bear boy, Pueblo -- The ghost society, Yuki -- The Northwest -- The light-haired boy, Lakota -- Star boy, Cheyenne -- Salmon boy, Tlingit -- Tommy's whale, Inupiaq.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of coming-of-age tales of young Native American men.