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River song : Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Scheuerman, Richard D. (Editor), Trafzer, Clifford E. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pullman : Washington State University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Paloos Indians > History.
Paloos Indians > Biography.
Paloos Indians > Folklore.
Snake River Plain (Idaho and Or.) > Folklore.
Indians of North America > Washington (State) > Folklore.
Indians of North America > Idaho > Folklore.
Oral tradition > Northwest, Pacific.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Naxc : Mary Jim/Xinstanik
  • Calling for our land
  • How coyote learned to fish-- The creatures of cloudy mountain
  • The tilqawayks (wolf) and chowawatyet (Jim) families
  • Part II. Napt : Andrew George/Tipiyelehne Xayxayx
  • Nature is our teacher
  • Chief Cleveland Kamiakin
  • Salmon man and the wolf brothers
  • Why coyote made the Palouse hills
  • The Kamiakin family
  • Part III. Metad : Gordon Fisher/Yoosyoos Tulikecin
  • Take care of mother earth
  • How beaver brough fire
  • The origin of Palouse Falls
  • The Poyakun/Billy Andrews and Paween families
  • Part IV. Pinapt : Emily Friedlander Peone/Q'uomolah
  • Too many memories
  • Mary Owhi Moses/Sanclow
  • Yamustas- elk's abode at Steptoe Butte
  • The two sisters and star brothers
  • The Sulkstalk'scosm/Moses family
  • Part V. Paxad : landscapes of beaver and coyote.