Stars above, earth below : American Indians and nature /
A collection of essays that discuss how the stories, songs, myths, and hunting methods of the Native Americans help express their beliefs about the natural world.
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Roberts Rinehart Publishers for Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
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Publisher Address: | Niwot, Colo. : |
Publication Dates: | [1998] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
A collection of essays that discuss how the stories, songs, myths, and hunting methods of the Native Americans help express their beliefs about the natural world. |
Carrier Form: | 272 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781570981982 1570981981 |
Index Number: | E98 |
CLC: | Q988 |
Call Number: | Q988/S796 |
Contents: | Native American attitudes to the environment / N. Scott Momaday -- Distributed power: an overview. A theme in American Indian origin stories / Gregory Schrempp -- Tlingit origin stories / Nora Marks Dauenhauer and Richard Dauenhauer -- Four American Indian origin stories: Lakota, Seneca, Jicarilla Apache, and Tlingit -- American Indian astronomy: an overview / Ray A. Williamson -- Animals in American Indian life: an overview ... |