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Stories the Iroquois tell their children
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- Creator
- Mabel Powers (Yeh sen noh wehs)
- Format
- Microforms; Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York ; Cincinnati ; Chicago : American Book Company, [1917]
- ©1917
- Physical Details
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- 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
- OCLC
- ocm32183404, ocm02729237
- Color frontispiece and 8 full-page color plates signed: W. Fletcher White.
- Minsky, R. American trade bindings with Native American themes 1875-1933, page 60
- Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.
- Introductory. How the stories came to be -- Why I was called the Story-Teller -- The Little People -- Story-telling time -- How the Iroquois give thanks -- A firemaker and a peacemaker -- Iroquois wonder stories. How the White Man came -- Why the eagle defends Americans -- How the turkey buzzard got his suit -- Why the partridge drums -- How the Indians learned to heal -- Why dogs chase foxes -- Why hermit thrush is so shy -- How Good and Evil came to be -- How a boy was cured of boasting -- Why the cuckoo is so lazy -- How the coon outwitted the fox -- Why the goldfinhces look like the sun -- What the ash and the maple learned -- How the woman overcame the bear -- Why the woodpecker bores for its food -- Why the ice roof fell -- Why the chipmunk has black stripes -- How two Indian boys settled a quarrel -- How mice overcame the warriors -- Why crows are poor -- Why the Indian loves his dog -- Greedy fawn and the porridge -- Why hounds outrun other animals -- Why Indians never shoot pigeons -- How Old Man Winter was driven back -- Why lightning sometimes strikes -- Why the hare has a split lip and short tail -- Corn Plume and Bean Maiden -- How the robin burned his breast -- Iroquois fairy stories. How Morning Star lost her fish -- How Little Shooter lost his luck -- How an Indian boy won his name -- How the fairies worked magic
Subjects
- Iroquois Indians -- Folklore.
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) -- Folklore.
- Iroquois Indians -- Folklore.
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