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North American Indian stories : more earthmaker's tales
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- Summary
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A collection of Indian legends about earthquakes, snow, fog, and other nautral phenomena.
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- Creator
- retold and illustrated by Gretchen Will Mayo
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First paperback edition
- New York : Walker, 1990
- Physical Details
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- 49 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0802773443, 9780802773449
- OCLC
- ocm23972483
- Bibliography: page 49.
- Hot springs (Ute): Smoking waters -- Snow (Menominee: Snowmaker torments the people -- Eclipse, earthquake, thunder, lightning (Oto): Wahconda makes the earth shake -- Ice (Cherokee): Ice Man puts out the big fire -- Volcano (Nisquilly): The mountain roars! -- Shining waters (Iroquois): Why the great spirit made the waters like mirrors -- Fog (Cree): When fog comes drifting -- Beaver brings the end of the world (Cheyenne) -- Where the tales began
Subjects
- Indians of North America -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
- Nature -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
- Indians of North America -- Folklore.
Children's Subject Heading
- Nature -- Folklore.
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