Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe
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1997
University of Oklahoma Press (Verlag)
9780806129761 (ISBN)
University of Oklahoma Press (Verlag)
9780806129761 (ISBN)
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The Winnebago tribe is known for its storytelling and mythical tales. In this book, the author relates some of those stories, adding 14 of his own. A series of characters, such as Ho-poe-kaw (Glory-of-the-Morning), are introduced as the author tries to show readers how the tribe express themselves.
The oral tradition of the Winnebago, or Ho-Chunk, people ranges from creation myths to Trickster stories and histories of the tribe. It is particularly strong in animal tales, as storyteller and tribal historian David Lee Smith vividly demonstrates in Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe, a collection drawn from the Smithsonian Institution and other sources, including the work of contemporaries. Smith himself contributes fourteen tales.In the book we meet relatively recent characters such as Ho-poe-kaw (Glory-of-the-Morning), the famed and formidable woman chief who battled many other tribes as well as whites, threw historic alliances into disarray, and - although she often discomfited the French - married a Frenchman. We also encounter traditional figures, Trickster, talking dogs, Eagle, Owl, and Rabbit, moving through the chronicles of these Woodland people who stemmed from the Great Lakes region. The tales incorporate both the visionary and the down-to-earth. Some are deeply moving. Some, reflecting earlier items, are full of violence.
The oral tradition of the Winnebago, or Ho-Chunk, people ranges from creation myths to Trickster stories and histories of the tribe. It is particularly strong in animal tales, as storyteller and tribal historian David Lee Smith vividly demonstrates in Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe, a collection drawn from the Smithsonian Institution and other sources, including the work of contemporaries. Smith himself contributes fourteen tales.In the book we meet relatively recent characters such as Ho-poe-kaw (Glory-of-the-Morning), the famed and formidable woman chief who battled many other tribes as well as whites, threw historic alliances into disarray, and - although she often discomfited the French - married a Frenchman. We also encounter traditional figures, Trickster, talking dogs, Eagle, Owl, and Rabbit, moving through the chronicles of these Woodland people who stemmed from the Great Lakes region. The tales incorporate both the visionary and the down-to-earth. Some are deeply moving. Some, reflecting earlier items, are full of violence.
David Lee Smith served as Director of Indian Studies at Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago, Nebraska, and as Tribal Historian of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) was the author of the Real People series, The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories, Mountain Windsong, and Wil Usdi. Conley was a three-time winner of the Spur Award and was named Oklahoma Writer of the Year in 1999. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame in 1996.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.1997 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Robert J. Conley |
| Verlagsort | Oklahoma |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 358 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780806129761 / 9780806129761 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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