Tales Of The Klamath River

Author : Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781532050558

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Tales of the Klamath River by Anne Wilson Schaef Pdf

It was 1939 when a family ventured from their safe nest in Oklahoma Indian Country to Indian Country in California to gold mine and live like their ancestors. During this time of interlude between the First and Second World Wars, many still lived in the old ways. Few white people and Californians knew about the Indian Country. In a rich story told through the eyes of a five-year-old, her father, and with perceptions from an eighty-three-year-old living in today’s world, Anne Wilson Schaef travels back in time to share details from a compelling adventure as her family uprooted from all they knew and attempted gold mining on the Klamath River in California. While offering a fascinating look into their journey and experiences beyond, Schaef shines a light on the sojourn among the native people as well as a broad conglomeration of others who played an important part not only in their own experiences but also in history itself. Through it all, Schaef illustrates that it is possible to live well in harmony and balance, and within a daily flow of sharing. Tales of the Klamath River shares the true tale of one family’s adventure to California Gold Mining country during the late 1930s.

Author : Les W. Field
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822391159

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Abalone Tales by Les W. Field Pdf

For Native peoples of California, the abalone found along the state’s coast have remarkably complex significance as food, spirit, narrative symbol, tradable commodity, and material with which to make adornment and sacred regalia. The large mollusks also represent contemporary struggles surrounding cultural identity and political sovereignty. Abalone Tales, a collaborative ethnography, presents different perspectives on the multifaceted material and symbolic relationships between abalone and the Ohlone, Pomo, Karuk, Hupa, and Wiyot peoples of California. The research agenda, analyses, and writing strategies were determined through collaborative relationships between the anthropologist Les W. Field and Native individuals and communities. Several of these individuals contributed written texts or oral stories for inclusion in the book. Tales about abalone and their historical and contemporary meanings are related by Field and his coauthors, who include the chair and other members of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe; a Point Arena Pomo elder; the chair of the Wiyot tribe and her sister; several Hupa Indians; and a Karuk scholar, artist, and performer. Reflecting the divergent perspectives of various Native groups and people, the stories and analyses belie any presumption of a single, unified indigenous understanding of abalone. At the same time, they shed light on abalone’s role in cultural revitalization, struggles over territory, tribal appeals for federal recognition, and connections among California’s Native groups. While California’s abalone are in danger of extinction, their symbolic power appears to surpass even the environmental crises affecting the state’s vulnerable coastline.

Author : Stephen Most
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066732887

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River of Renewal by Stephen Most Pdf

"Most tells these stories in the voices of the protagonists, who give the basin's complex history an illuminating immediacy that infuses the entire book. It is a mark of his achievement that he has been able to make these historical, cultural, and environmental pieces into a comprehensive whole.River of Renewalis the best source available for those wishing to think clearly about this cumulative tragedy, as well as a first-rate model for regional land use anywhere in the American West." -Orion Magazine A land of mountains, forests, wetlands, lakes, and rivers, the Klamath Basin spans the Oregon-California state line. Farms and ranches, logging towns, and back-to-the-land communities are scattered over this 10-million-acre bioregion. There are Indian reservations at the headwaters, at the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath River. In this place that has witnessed, ever since the Gold Rush, a succession of wars and resource conflicts, myths of the West loom large, amplifying differences among its inhabitants. At the core of the contemporary controversy is overallocation of the waters of the Klamath Basin. This dispute has pitted farmers and ranchers against those whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing and others who would forestall the extinction of wild salmon. Yet it has also revealed the unity of the Klamath Basin, the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration, and the urgency for all the communities within the Basin to find common ground. Stephen Mostis a playwright and documentary storyteller. He has contributed to numerous documentary films, including Emmy Award winnersWonders of Nature and Promisesand the Academy Award-nominatedBerkeley in the Sixties. His playsMedicine Show, Watershed, andA Free Countrydramatize events in Pacific Northwest history. To listen to an interview with Stephen Most entitled "Fished Out: Draining the Seas of Their Bounty," please visit: http://www.aworldofpossibilities.com/

Author : Charles S. Graves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258887460

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Lore and Legends of the Klamath River Indians by Charles S. Graves Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11665881

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Hero-Tales of Ireland by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeremiah Curtin
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547059233

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Hero-Tales of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin Pdf

This beautiful collection of Irish Folklore and history focuses on the Irish people and culture in the late 18th to early 20th century. These first-hand accounts give an in-depth look at the tumultuous period in Ireland in the 19th century, including examining key historical figures, biographies and a look at the economic struggles and identity of the Irish people.

Author : Chuck Morris
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781645304364

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'Thanks a Lot, Murphy!' (Plus - 'Tales of a Lion') by Chuck Morris Pdf

Thanks a Lot, Murphy! By: Chuck Morris I am. You are. He is. And so is She. We are all Murphies. We should all change our middle name to Murphy because, although we don’t want to admit it, we are our own worst enemies. Murphy is our alter-ego. No one wants to admit that we suffer minor or severe pain due to our own stupidity. It is foresight versus hindsight that always has the inside post-position. But this is natural. As human beings we are not programmed to do everything step-by-step and in the exact right order. Both parts of this collection narrate the autobiography of Chuck Morris through his adventures which include a fascinating trip to Hong Kong, stewed chicken heads, anecdotes, and tasty recipes from Louisiana.

Author : Agnes Regan Perkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313008108

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Myths and Hero Tales by Agnes Regan Perkins Pdf

This one-stop cross-cultural selective guide to recent retellings of myths and hero tales for children and young adults will enable teachers and library media specialists to select comparative myths and tales from various, mostly non-European cultures. The focus is on stories from Native America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America, and Oceania. The Guide contains extensively annotated entries on 189 books of retellings of myths and hero tales, both ancient and modern, from around the world published between 1985 and 1996. Represented are 1,455 stories suitable for use with young people from mid-elementary through high school. The entries, arranged alphabetically by writer, contain complete bibliographic data, age and grade levels, and evaluative annotations. Seven indexes—title, author, illustrator, culture, story type, name, and grade level—make searching easy. The story type index will enable teachers to select comparative myths and tales from different cultures on more than 50 types of myths and hero tales. Among the many myth types cited are origin of human beings and the world, comparative social customs and rituals, natural and heavenly phenomena, animal appearance and behavior, searches and quests, and tricksters. Among the hero tale types are fools and buffoons, kings and queens, warriors, monster slayers, important female figures, magicians, voyagers and adventurers, and spiritual leaders. The Guide concludes with a bibliography of retellings published earlier that have come to be considered standard works.

Author : Anne Wilson Schaef
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781641605755

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Becoming a Hollow Bone by Anne Wilson Schaef Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author Anne Wilson Schaef comes a spiritual guide and everyday living manual that vitally respects and integrates the critical lessons to be garnered from Native elders from around the globe. In Becoming a Hollow Bone Schaef imparts the richness revealed to her over many years by elder Native Americans, Aboriginal Australians, Maoris, and other Indigenous cultures. Schaef often heard elders from an all-embracing variety of Native peoples say, "Our legends tell us that a time will come when our wisdom and way of living will be necessary to save the planet, and that time is now." Anyone ready to move from feeling separate to a profound sense of connectedness, from the personal to the global, will find a provocative path in this mind-expanding, stunningly spiritual, yet practical book.

Author : Charles E. Miller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469135366

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Folk Tales from My Neck of the Woods by Charles E. Miller Pdf

Folk lore comes closest to the heart of the people. It is an oral tradition . . . what they love to tell at intimate gathiris . . . Theres its genesis and its genius.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781594733666

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Native American Stories of the Sacred by Anonim Pdf

The wisdom from these stories can become a companion on your own spiritual journey. Native American stories of the sacredare intended for more than entertainment: they are teaching tales containing elegantly simple illustrations of time-honored truths. From tales of Creation to “Why?” stories that help explain the natural world around us, these stories highlight the sacredness of all life and affirm that we are each an integral part of all that is holy. Drawn from tribes across North America, these are careful retellings of traditional stories such as Son of Light’s quest to win back his captured wife from the monstrous Man-Eagle; humble Muskrat’s noble self-sacrifice to establish solid land so other beings might live; Water Spider’s creative solution for retrieving fire for all the animals; and White Buffalo Calf Woman’s profound gift of the sacred pipe to the people. Each of the compelling stories in this collection illustrates principles that can guide you on your own spiritual quest. Now you can experience the wisdom of these teaching tales even if you have no previous knowledge of Native American traditions. SkyLight Illuminations provides insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that explains the cultural and spiritual significance of the seemingly mundane objects found in these stories—tobacco, gambling, even the exploits of mischievous tricksters such as Coyote and Weasel—while gracefully drawing comparisons to Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions, among others. Whatever your spiritual heritage, these Native American stories of the sacred are sure to delight and inspire you with the sacredness of all Creation, and remind you that the earth does not belong to us—we belong to the earth.

Author : Neil Rucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1439221464

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Canoer's Guide to the Wild and Scenic Middle Klamath River by Neil Rucker Pdf

For a writer to capture any riverâs story is a huge challengeâthe more so for an ancient waterway like the Klamath. Fortunately, the Klamath has found a soulmate in Neil Rucker, whose lifelong passion for canoeing has brought him to this river literally hundreds of times. One of the Westâs foremost canoe instructors, his legendary canoeing expertise, native teaching abilities and remarkable talents as a story teller, Neil manages something that precious few guide book writers achieve: an artful blend of fact and story that brings the river truly alive. The whitewater information here is rock solid. The personal anecdotes from a lifetime on the river are priceless. Woven together, they create a seamless, thoroughly enjoyable journey down one of the Westâs great rivers. Reading this book youâll almost feel like Neil is paddling alongside you. Let Neil show you his river. Heâll make sure you have a good time. . .Bill Cross, author,Western Whitewater

Author : Gwendoline Harris Block
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803270313

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Californian Indian Nights by Gwendoline Harris Block Pdf

"The rereading of these folklore selections in this attractively printed volume underscores again the uniqueness of California mythology. . . . The tales that make up the mythology there are not the worn stand-bys of the world; these tales from the Pacific coast have a freshness of invention that one discovers all too seldom in collections of folklore. They are surprisingly indige-nous."--Ruth Benedict, American Anthropologist. "The volume is organized in such a way that it will be useful to students of literature as well as to students of anthropology, but the authors have not sacrificed accuracy and the critical use of their material in order to produce any kind of spurious picturesqueness. The volume is well gotten up and attractively illustrated."--Margaret Mead, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. "This is a most laudable attempt to make available to a general laity a representative collection of Californian Indian myths and tales."--Truman Michelson, American Historical Review. The compilers, Edward W. Gifford and Gwendoline Harris Block, were both associated with the University of California, Berkeley, Gifford as a professor of anthropology and director of the Museum of Anthropology and Block as an editor in the Department of Anthropology. Albert L. Hurtado, who provided an introduction for the Bison Book edition, is an associate professor of history at Arizona State University and the author of Indian Survival on the California Borderland Frontier, 1819?60 (1988), winner of the Ray A. Billington Prize for American frontier history.

Author : A. L. Kroeber,E.W. Gifford
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520319264

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Karok Myths by A. L. Kroeber,E.W. Gifford Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

Author : Charles Sumner Graves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1929
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : UCAL:$B28343

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Lore and Legends of the Klamath River Indians by Charles Sumner Graves Pdf