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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Introduction
- ch. 2. Prologue
- pt. 1. The Northeast : Iroquois story of the origin of the false faces
- ch. 3. Native nations of the northeast
- ch. 4. The Mohawks
- ch. 5. The Mi'kmaqs
- pt. 2. The southeast : Choctaw story of creation
- ch. 6. Native nations of the southeast
- ch. 7. The Choctaws
- pt. 3. The plains : White Buffalo Calf Woman brings the sacred pipe to the Lakotas
- ch. 8. Native nations of the plains
- ch. 9. The Teton Lakotas
- ch. 10. The Hidatsas
- pt. 4. The Great Basin : Shoshone story of the theft of fire
- ch. 11. Native nations of the Great Basin
- ch. 12. The Shoshones
- pt. 5. The southwest : Diné creation story
- ch. 13. Native nations of the southwest
- ch. 14. The Zunis
- ch. 15. The Diné (or Navajos)
- pt. 6. California : origin of the Pomo Ghost Ceremony
- ch. 16. Native nations of California
- ch. 17. The Pomos
- pt. 7. The northwest coast : Tsimshian story of the theft of light
- ch. 18. Native nations of the northwest coast
- ch. 19. The Kwakwaka'wakw (or Kwakiutis)
- pt. 8. The subarctic and arctic : Inuit bear story
- ch. 20. Native nations of the Subarctic and Arctic
- ch. 21. The Innu (or Montagnais)
- ch. 22. The Inuit
- ch. 23. At the turn of the twenty-first century.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Physical Description:
- xii, 634 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Call Numbers:
- E77 .B65 2001
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ISBNs:
- 0138632421 (pbk.)
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 00061163
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OCLC Numbers:
- 44681907