The deetkatoo : Native American stories about little people /

Twenty-two stories retold from fourteen Native-American groups from Alaska to mid-South America. Little people predate the Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. They live in forests, in water, underground, and on mountains.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bierhorst, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : William Morrow and Co., [1998]
Subjects:

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505 0 |a Weaker and weaker (Inuit) -- Three wishes (Mohawk) -- Proud-woman and all-kinds-of-trees (Seneca) -- Girl who married the little man (Inuit) -- Little ones and their mouse helpers (Cherokee) -- All are my friends (Yurok) -- Little house in the deep water (Cherokee) -- Boy who married the little woman (Maliseet) -- Two bad friends (Inuit) -- Little people who build the temples (Maya) -- How the dead came back (Cherokee) -- Little man who married the whirlwind (Seneca) -- Rainmakers' apprentice (Nahua) -- Thunder's two sisters (Cherokee) -- Smallest bow (Seneca) -- Little woman who taught pottery (Toba) -- Hunter who lost his luck (Seneca/Cayuga) -- Star husbands (Passamaquoddy) -- Twelve little women (Lenape) -- Talking tree (Yaqui) -- Deetkatoo (Tillamook) -- Guide to tribes and cultures -- Guide to the lore of little people. 
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