How Raven Found The Daylight And Other American Indian Stories

Author : Paul M. Levitt
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Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Raven Found the Daylight and Other American Indian Stories written by Paul M. Levitt and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories come from tales told by tribes living along the bays and inlets and rivers of the Pacific Northwest. Anthropologist Franz Boas lived with these native people and collected their stories, which he published in the form of notes, often short and incomplete. Levitt and Guralnick have embellished these notes, bringing them fully to life. In doing so, they acknowledge a double debt: one to Boas, without whom they would have no record of the tales, and one to the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest, whose rich and fertile minds are the source of a colorful indigenous literature.

Author : Paul M. Levitt
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Raven Finds the Daylight written by Paul M. Levitt and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul M. Levitt
Publisher : Clear Light Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781574161007
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Raven Finds the Daylight and Other American Indian Stories written by Paul M. Levitt and published by Clear Light Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These stories are taken, for the most part, from tales told by Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest and collected by the anthropologist Franz Boas"--T.p. verso.

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Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in American Indian Literatures written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roy Henry Vickers
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1550176617
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Raven Brings the Light written by Roy Henry Vickers and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when darkness covered the land, a boy named Weget is born who is destined to bring the light. With the gift of a raven's skin that allows him to fly as well as transform, Weget turns into a bird and journeys from Haida Gwaii into the sky. There he finds the Chief of the Heavens who keeps the light in a box. By transforming himself into a pine needle, clever Weget tricks the Chief and escapes with the daylight back down to Earth. Vividly portrayed through the art of Roy Henry Vickers, Weget's story has been passed down for generations. The tale has been traced back at least 3,000 years by archeologists who have found images of Weget's journey in petroglyphs on the Nass and Skeena rivers. This version of the story originates from one told to the author by Chester Bolton, Chief of the Ravens, from the village of Kitkatla around 1975.

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Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pacific Northwest Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Miranda Belarde-Lewis
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ISBN 13 : 9780972664950
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preston Singletary written by Miranda Belarde-Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Raven and the Box of Daylight is the Tlingit story of Raven and his transformation of the world—bringing light to people via the stars, moon, and sun. This story holds great significance for the Tlingit people. The exhibition features a dynamic combination of artwork, storytelling, and encounter, where the Tlingit story unfolds during the visitor’s experience."--

Author : Scott A. Leonard
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth and Knowing: An Introduction to World Mythology written by Scott A. Leonard and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2004 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myth and Knowing is by far the most comprehensive world mythology textbook.

Author : Maria Williams
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0789201631
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Raven Stole the Sun written by Maria Williams and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2001-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long time ago, Raven was pure white, like fresh snow in winter. This was so long ago that the only light came from campfires, because a greedy chief kept the stars, moon, and sun locked up in elaborately carved boxes. Determined to free them, the shape-shifting Raven resourcefully transformed himself into the chief's baby grandson and cleverly tricked him into opening the boxes and releasing the starlight and moonlight. Though tired of being stuck in human form, Raven maintained his disguise until he got the chief to open the box with the sun and flood the world with daylight, at which point he gleefully transformed himself back into a raven. When the furious chief locked him in the house, Raven was forced to escape through the small smokehole at the top — and that's why ravens are now black as smoke instead of white as snow. This engaging Tlingit story is brought to life in painterly illustrations that convey a sense of the traditional life of the Northwest Coast peoples. About the Tales of the People series: Created with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Tales of the People is a series of children's books celebrating Native American culture with illustrations and stories by Indian artists and writers. In addition to the tales themselves, each book also offers four pages filled with information and photographs exploring various aspects of Native culture, including a glossary of words in different Indian languages.

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Total Pages : 1714 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: