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Giants, Cannibals, Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture
Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native lore and has become firmly entrenched in modern culture - for we too have seen this mysterious being. For countless ages before Europeans set foot in North America, native people inhabited the vast arctic regions, forests, deserts, and plains. They lived off the bountiful land, and developed unique cultures with stories of their heroes and adventures that have been passed down through successive generations. Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers, believed to wander the land in a shadowy existence somewhere between reality and the unknown. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native lore and has become firmly entrenched in modern culture - for we too have seen this mysterious being. Kathy Moskowitz Strain, a professional archaeologist and anthropologist with the U.S. Forest Service in California, presents in this volume a collection of verbatim stories from 55 native cultures that tell of giants, cannibals, and monsters in North America. We are taken to the campfires where such stories have been repeated for thousands of years by native elders and warriors. The work has been skillfully arranged with native culture profiles and hundreds of photographs of the respective native people in their various walks of life. Above all, this book is an adventure into the inner circles of our aboriginal people. It provides a unique insight into a part of their mythology, values, and spirituality. For those interested in this fascinating branch of human knowledge, this work is invaluable.
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Giants, Cannibals, Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture
Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native lore and has become firmly entrenched in modern culture - for we too have seen this mysterious being. For countless ages before Europeans set foot in North America, native people inhabited the vast arctic regions, forests, deserts, and plains. They lived off the bountiful land, and developed unique cultures with stories of their heroes and adventures that have been passed down through successive generations. Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers, believed to wander the land in a shadowy existence somewhere between reality and the unknown. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native lore and has become firmly entrenched in modern culture - for we too have seen this mysterious being. Kathy Moskowitz Strain, a professional archaeologist and anthropologist with the U.S. Forest Service in California, presents in this volume a collection of verbatim stories from 55 native cultures that tell of giants, cannibals, and monsters in North America. We are taken to the campfires where such stories have been repeated for thousands of years by native elders and warriors. The work has been skillfully arranged with native culture profiles and hundreds of photographs of the respective native people in their various walks of life. Above all, this book is an adventure into the inner circles of our aboriginal people. It provides a unique insight into a part of their mythology, values, and spirituality. For those interested in this fascinating branch of human knowledge, this work is invaluable.
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Giants, Cannibals, Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture

Giants, Cannibals, Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture

by Kathy Moskowitz Strain
Giants, Cannibals, Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture

Giants, Cannibals, Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture

by Kathy Moskowitz Strain

Overview

Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native lore and has become firmly entrenched in modern culture - for we too have seen this mysterious being. For countless ages before Europeans set foot in North America, native people inhabited the vast arctic regions, forests, deserts, and plains. They lived off the bountiful land, and developed unique cultures with stories of their heroes and adventures that have been passed down through successive generations. Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers, believed to wander the land in a shadowy existence somewhere between reality and the unknown. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native lore and has become firmly entrenched in modern culture - for we too have seen this mysterious being. Kathy Moskowitz Strain, a professional archaeologist and anthropologist with the U.S. Forest Service in California, presents in this volume a collection of verbatim stories from 55 native cultures that tell of giants, cannibals, and monsters in North America. We are taken to the campfires where such stories have been repeated for thousands of years by native elders and warriors. The work has been skillfully arranged with native culture profiles and hundreds of photographs of the respective native people in their various walks of life. Above all, this book is an adventure into the inner circles of our aboriginal people. It provides a unique insight into a part of their mythology, values, and spirituality. For those interested in this fascinating branch of human knowledge, this work is invaluable.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780888396501
Publisher: Hancock House Publishers
Publication date: 09/01/2008
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 436,481
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kathy Moskowitz Strain received her B.A. in Anthropology (1990) and M.A. in Behavioral Science (emphasis Anthropology; 1994) from California State University, Bakersfield. She is currently the Forest Heritage Resource and Tribal Relations Programs Manager for the Stanislaus National Forest. Kathy has been a professional archaeologist/ anthropologist for 20 years, and has conducted research and fieldwork on Hairy Man for nearly as long. She lives in Sonora, California with her husband Bob, their children, Zackary and Jacob, and their four dogs and cats.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Arctic

Nunivak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Yupik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

California

Hoopa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Me-Wuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Shasta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Wintu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Yokuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Yurok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Great Basin

Northern Paiute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Shoshone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Southern Paiute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Washoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Great Plains

Cheyenne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Comanche. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Mosopelea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Pawnee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Sioux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Northeast

Iroquois. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Micmac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Ojibwa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Shawnee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Northwest Coast

Bella Bella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Bella Coola. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Chehalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Chinook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Clackamas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Kwakiutl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Nehalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Tlingit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Upper Skagit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Plateau

Coeur D’Alene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Colville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Flathead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Kalapuya. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Klickitat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Kootenai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Modoc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Nez Perce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Puyallup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Spokane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Wenatchee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Yakama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

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