Wigwam Evenings: 27 Sioux Folk Tales

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Young readers and students of Native American lore will delight in these 27 entertaining, instructive tales. Chosen by a renowned folklorist who was raised among the Sioux, they include creation myths and animal fables as well as adventures of Unktomee, the trickster; Chanotedah, the pixie; and the cannibal giants, Eya and Double-Face.
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Young readers and students of Native American lore will delight in these 27 entertaining, instructive tales. Chosen by a renowned folklorist who was raised among the Sioux, they include creation myths and animal fables as well as adventures of Unktomee, the trickster; Chanotedah, the pixie; and the cannibal giants, Eya and Double-Face.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780486413037
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Publication date: 10/20/2011
  • Series: Dover Children's Classics Series
  • Pages: 96
  • Sales rank: 1,041,025
  • Product dimensions: 5.35 (w) x 8.41 (h) x 0.26 (d)

Table of Contents

1 The Buffalo and the Field-mouse 1
2 The Frogs and the Crane 15
3 The Eagle and the Beaver 25
4 The War Party 31
5 The Falcon and the Duck 39
6 The Raccoon and the Bee-tree 49
7 The Badger and the Bear 61
8 The Good-luck Token 71
9 Unktomee and his Bundle of Songs 79
10 Unktomee and the Elk 89
11 The Festival of the Little People 99
12 Eya the Devourer 107
13 The Wars of Wa - Kee - Yan and Unk- Tay- Hee 115
14 The Little Boy Man 123
15 The Return of the Little Boy Man 131
16 The First Battle 139
17 The Beloved of the Sun 147
18 Wood - Chopper and Berry - picker 155
19 The Son - in- law 165
20 The Comrades 175
21 The Laugh - maker 185
22 The Runaways 193
23 The Girl who Married the Star 203
24 North Wind and Star Boy 211
25 The Ten Virgins 221
26 The Magic Arrows 231
27 The Ghost - Wife 243
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