The Soul of the Indian and seven Native American tales

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  • Author: Eastman, Charles A.
    Contributor:

    Peterson, Scott

    Summary:

    Eastman, a Sioux educated in white society, kept his sense of the wholeness and beauty of the Indian's relation to the natural world. These six essays, told in very personal terms and coupled with seven folk tales, illuminate the high ethics and morality of a culture that few people know about.

    Contents:
    • The great mystery
    • The family altar
    • Ceremonial and symbolic worship
    • Barbarism and the moral code
    • The unwritten scriptures
    • On the border-land of spirits
    • The Buffalo and the Field Mouse
    • The Frogs and the Crane
    • The Falcon and the Duck
    • The Raccoon and the Bee Tree
    • The Comrads
    • The Runaways
    • The Magic Arrows.
    Genre: Essays, Indigenous materials, Myths and folk tales
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] , Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9780786193400

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    0786193409

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    9781470891305

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    1470891301

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DC Contributor

Peterson, Scott

Abstract

Eastman, a Sioux educated in white society, kept his sense of the wholeness and beauty of the Indian's relation to the natural world. These six essays, told in very personal terms and coupled with seven folk tales, illuminate the high ethics and morality of a culture that few people know about.

Genre
Essays
Indigenous materials
Myths and folk tales
Publisher (Source)

[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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