The origin of the Milky Way & other living stories of the Cherokee / collected and edited by Barbara R. Duncan ; with stories told by Davy Arch ... et al. ; illustrations by Shan Goshorn

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Object Details

Author
Duncan, Barbara R
Arch, Davey
Contents
Living with people -- The origin of strawberries : first man and first woman / Kathi Littlejohn -- The origin of the blowgun : the old man and the birds / Davy Arch -- Medicine and the wolf clan / Freeman Owle -- The bird with big feet / Kathi Littlejohn -- The origin of stickball : the story of the bat / Freeman Owle -- Living with animals -- The magic lake / Freeman Owle -- The rattlesnake in the corn / Daby Arch -- Getting fire / Kathi Littlejohn -- Living with plants and the Earth -- The trees are alive / Edna chekelelee -- Mother Earth's spring dress / Edna chekelelee -- The Earth / Freeman Owle -- Corn woman spirit / Freeman Owle -- A medicine story / Robert Bushyhead -- Living with spirits -- Spirit warriors and the nikwasi mound / Freeman Owle -- Santeetlah ghost story / Edna Chekelelee -- The Cherokee little people -- forever boy / Kathi Littlejohn -- Nunnehi, the gentle people / Kathi Littlejohn -- Living with monsters -- Spearfinger / Kathi Littlejohn -- The hunter and thunder / Robert Bushyhead -- Living with Cherokee language -- Cherokee language / Edna Chekelelee -- The origin of the milky way / Swimmer -- Gili Ulisvdanvyi / Marie Junaluska -- Living with the past and future -- The trail of tears / Freeman Owle -- Removal / Davy Arch -- The legend of corn beads / Edna Chekelelee -- People singing in the Earth / Freeman Owle
Summary
Cherokee people have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for thousands of years. During all this time, they have told stories to each other to explain how things came to be, to pass on lessons about life, and to describe the mountains, animals, plants, and spirits around them.
2008
C2008
Type
Folklore
Physical description
133 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Place
North Carolina
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic
Tales
Storytellers
Record ID
siris_sil_903423
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0