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American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings

Zitkala-Sa
American Indian Stories Legends and Other Writings Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0142437093

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American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

A thought-provoking collection of searing prose from a Sioux woman that covers race, identity, assimilation, and perceptions of Native American culture Zitkala-Sa wrestled with the conflicting influences of American Indian and white culture throughout her life. Raised on a Sioux reservation, she was educated at boarding schools that enforced assimilation and was witness to major events in white-Indian relations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tapping her troubled personal history, Zitkala-Sa created stories that illuminate the tragedy and complexity of the American Indian experience. In evocative prose laced with political savvy, she forces new thinking about the perceptions, assumptions, and customs of both Sioux and white cultures and raises issues of assimilation, identity, and race relations that remain compelling today.

American Indian Stories

Zitkala-Sa
American Indian Stories Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780486141800

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American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

A testimony to the power of one woman's spirit, this moving collection of autobiographical tales and family stories portrays a Native American teacher's struggle between her heritage and American society.

Old Indian Legends

Zitkala-Sa
Old Indian Legends Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1502872978

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Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

"[...]hurry off! Stop! halt!" urged one of the singers. "Stop! stay! Show us what is in your blanket!" cried out other voices. "My friends, I must not spoil your dance. Oh, you would not care to see if you only knew what is in my blanket. Sing on! dance on! I must not show you what I carry on my back," answered Iktomi, nudging his own sides with his elbows. This reply broke up the ring entirely. Now all the ducks crowded about Iktomi. "We must see what you carry! We must know what is in your blanket!" they shouted in both his ears. Some even brushed their wings against the mysterious bundle. Nudging himself again, wily Iktomi said, "My friends, 't is only a pack of songs I carry in my blanket." "Oh, then let us hear your songs!" cried the curious ducks. At length Iktomi consented to sing his songs. With delight all the ducks flapped their wings and cried together, "Hoye! hoye!" Iktomi, with great care, laid down his bundle on the ground. "I will build first a round straw house, for I never sing my songs in the open air," said he. Quickly he bent green willow sticks, planting both ends of each pole into[...]".

American Indian Stories

Zitkala-Sa
American Indian Stories Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547022145

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American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

American Indian Stories is a collection of stories by Zitkála-Šá. The author was a Sioux historian and recounts here several colorful legends and tales from American Indian oral tradition.

Kitchi

Alana Robson
Kitchi Book PDF

Author : Alana Robson
Publisher : Banana Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1800490682

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Kitchi by Alana Robson Pdf

"He is forever and ever here in spirit" An adventure. A magic necklace. Brotherhood. Six-year-old Forrest feels lost now that his big brother Kitchi is no longer here. He misses him every day and clings onto a necklace that reminds him of Kitchi. One day, the necklace comes to life. Forrest is taken on a magical adventure, where he meets a colourful cast of characters, including a beautiful, yet mysterious fox, who soon becomes his best friend. www.kitchithespiritfox.com

American Indian Myths and Legends

Richard Erdoes,Alfonso Ortiz
American Indian Myths and Legends Book PDF

Author : Richard Erdoes,Alfonso Ortiz
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780804151757

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American Indian Myths and Legends by Richard Erdoes,Alfonso Ortiz Pdf

More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.

American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends

Zitkala-Sa
American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486780436

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American Indian Stories and Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

Two essential collections by a noted Sioux author: American Indian Stories assembles short stories as well as autobiographical and political essays, and Old Indian Legends features tales from the oral tradition.

Red Bird Sings

Gina Capaldi,Q. L. Pearce
Red Bird Sings Book PDF

Author : Gina Capaldi,Q. L. Pearce
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781467738132

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Red Bird Sings by Gina Capaldi,Q. L. Pearce Pdf

"I remember the day I lost my spirit." So begins the story of Gertrude Simmons, also known as Zitkala-Ša, which means Red Bird. Born in 1876 on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota, Zitkala-Ša willingly left her home at age eight to go to a boarding school in Indiana. But she soon found herself caught between two worlds—white and Native American. At school she missed her mother and her traditional life, but Zitkala-Ša found joy in music classes. "My wounded spirit soared like a bird as I practiced the piano and violin," she wrote. Her talent grew, and when she graduated, she became a music teacher, composer, and performer. Zitkala-Ša found she could also "sing" to help her people by writing stories and giving speeches. As an adult, she worked as an activist for Native American rights, seeking to build a bridge between cultures. The coauthors tell Zitkala-Ša’s life by weaving together pieces from her own stories. The artist's acrylic illustrations and collages of photos and primary source documents round out the vivid portrait of Zitkala-Ša, a frightened child whose spirit "would rise again, stronger and wiser for the wounds it had suffered."

American Indian Stories

Zitkala-S̈a,Susan Rose Dominguez
American Indian Stories Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-S̈a,Susan Rose Dominguez
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0760765502

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American Indian Stories by Zitkala-S̈a,Susan Rose Dominguez Pdf

"American Indian Stories (1921) is remarkable for being perhaps the first literary work by a Native American woman created without the mediation of a non-Native interpreter or collaborator. Zitkala-Ša vividly articulates her disillusionment with the harshness of American Indian boarding schools and the corruption of government institutions ostensibly established to help Native peoples. At the same time, Zitkala-Ša's collection of autobiographical essays and short stories charts the progression of the author's estrangement from her Dakota people that her colonial education inevitably fostered. Much more than an indictment against U.S. attempts at Native deculturation, American Indian stories portrays one Dakota woman's spirited and successful efforts to resist the restrictions she felt in both reservation life and Euroamerican assimilation"--Back cover.

Native American Stories

Joseph Bruchac
Native American Stories Book PDF

Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1555910947

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Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac Pdf

A collection of Native American tales and myths focusing on the relationship between man and nature.

American Indian Stories: Large Print

Zitkala Sa
American Indian Stories Large Print Book PDF

Author : Zitkala Sa
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1798560267

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American Indian Stories: Large Print by Zitkala Sa Pdf

American Indian Stories is a collection of childhood stories, allegorical fictions and essays written by Sioux writer and activist Zitkala-Sa.American Indian Stories details the hardships encountered by Zitkala-Sa and other Native Americans in the missionary and manual labour schools designed to "civilize" them. The autobiographical details contrast her early life on the Yankton Indian Reservation and her time as a student at White's Manual Labour Institute and Earlham College.The collection includes legends and stories from Sioux oral tradition, along with an essay titled America's Indian Problem, which advocates rights for Native Americans and calls for a greater understanding of Native American cultures. American Indian Stories offers a unique view into a society that is often overlooked though that society still persists to this day.

Indian Legends of Canada

Ella Elizabeth Clark
Indian Legends of Canada Book PDF

Author : Ella Elizabeth Clark
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551995120

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Indian Legends of Canada by Ella Elizabeth Clark Pdf

The role of storyteller was always a very special one among Native Americans, combining the functions of philosopher, historian, and entertainer. Winter was the time for the stories around the fire, when the hunt was over and people longed to be “lifted to the fairyland of pure imagination,” as an early twentieth-century Native American has said. This book contains the magic created around the Indian fireside, for readers of all ages. It includes myths of creation, culture myths, nature myths, and beast fables, as well as the legends, personal narratives and historical traditions of thirty North American Indian tribes.

Impressions of an Indian Childhood

Zitkala-Sa
Impressions of an Indian Childhood Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1409910318

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Impressions of an Indian Childhood by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (1876-1938), better known by her pen name, Zitkala-Sa, was a Native American writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist. She was born and raised on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota by her mother. Zitkala-Sa lived a traditional lifestyle until the age of eight when she left her reservation to attend Whites Manual Labor Institute, a Quaker mission school in Indiana. She went on to study for a time at Earlham College in Indiana and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. A considerable talent, Bonnin co-composed the first American Indian grand opera, The Sun Dance in 1913. After working as a teacher at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, she began publishing short stories and autobiographical vignettes. Her autobiographical writings were serialized in Atlantic Monthly and, later, published in a collection called American Indian Stories in 1921. Her first book, Old Indian Legends (1901), is a collection of folktales that she gathered during her visits home to the Yankton Reservation. Her other works include Stories of Iktomi and Other Legends of the Dakotas (1901) and Oklahoma s Poor Rich Indians (1924).

American Indian Stories

Zitkala-Sa
American Indian Stories Book PDF

Author : Zitkala-Sa
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1489554319

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American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa Pdf

A wigwam of weather-stained canvas stood at the base of some irregularly ascending hills. A footpath wound its way gently down the sloping land till it reached the broad river bottom; creeping through the long swamp grasses that bent over it on either side, it came out on the edge of the Missouri. Here, morning, noon, and evening, my mother came to draw water from the muddy stream for our household use. Always, when my mother started for the river, I stopped my play to run along with her. She was only of medium height. Often she was sad and silent, at which times her full arched lips were compressed into hard and bitter lines, and shadows fell under her black eyes. Then I clung to her hand and begged to know what made the tears fall. "Hush; my little daughter must never talk about my tears"; and smiling through them, she patted my head and said, "Now let me see how fast you can run today." Whereupon I tore away at my highest possible speed, with my long black hair blowing in the breeze.

American Indian Stories and Legends

Catherine Chambers
American Indian Stories and Legends Book PDF

Author : Catherine Chambers
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781406269543

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American Indian Stories and Legends by Catherine Chambers Pdf

The world's myths are filled with characters, creatures, and stories that have fascinated people for thousands of years. This set mixes dramatic retellings and non-fiction information to give a full picture of a culture's myths. This book explores the gods, goddesses, heroes, villains, tricksters, and quests that make myths and legends so compelling.