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Title:

River song : Naxiyamtama (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone / collected and edited by Richard D. Scheuerman & Clifford E. Trafzer ; foreword by Carrie Jim Schuster ; color plates by John Clement.

Publisher:

Washington State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxviii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Paloos Indians--History.
Paloos Indians--Biography.
Paloos Indians--Folklore.
Snake River Plain (Idaho and Or.)--Folklore.
Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Folklore.
Indians of North America--Idaho--Folklore.
Oral tradition--Northwest, Pacific.

Other Authors:

Scheuerman, Richard D., editor.
Trafzer, Clifford E., editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-194) and index.

Contents:

Part I. Naxc : Mary Jim/Xinstanik -- Calling for our land -- How coyote learned to fish-- The creatures of cloudy mountain -- The tilqawayks (wolf) and chowawatyet (Jim) families -- Part II. Napt : Andrew George/Tipiyelehne Xayxayx -- Nature is our teacher -- Chief Cleveland Kamiakin -- Salmon man and the wolf brothers -- Why coyote made the Palouse hills -- The Kamiakin family -- Part III. Metad : Gordon Fisher/Yoosyoos Tulikecin -- Take care of mother earth -- How beaver brough fire -- The origin of Palouse Falls -- The Poyakun/Billy Andrews and Paween families -- Part IV. Pinapt : Emily Friedlander Peone/Q'uomolah -- Too many memories -- Mary Owhi Moses/Sanclow -- Yamustas- elk's abode at Steptoe Butte -- The two sisters and star brothers -- The Sulkstalk'scosm/Moses family -- Part V. Paxad : landscapes of beaver and coyote.

ISBN:

087422327X (alk. paper)
9780874223279 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)899228589

LCCN:

2014036204

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)