"That's what they used to say" : reflections on American Indian oral traditions /
This book on American Indian oral tradition invites understanding on how storytelling, legends and prophecies, oral histories and creation myths knit together and explain the Indian world through the power of the spoken word.
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Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Power of the spoken word
- Creation myths of the earth and people
- Legends of warriors
- Indian oratory
- Ghost stories and little people
- Moccasin trail
- Indian humor
- Prophecies and visions
- Conclusion.