Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest

Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9780520350960
ISBN-13 : 0520350960
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Book Synopsis Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest by : Ella E. Clark

Download or read book Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest written by Ella E. Clark and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.


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