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Tanaina Tales from Alaska (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R806
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Tanaina Tales from Alaska (Paperback, New Ed): Bill Vaudrin

Tanaina Tales from Alaska (Paperback, New Ed)

Bill Vaudrin

Series: The Civilization of the American Indian Series

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A young Chippewa Indian from Minnesota collected these legends and stories told by the Tanaina Indians of southwestern Alaska. Called suk-tus ("legend-stories") and stemming from the seventeenth century, they are anecdotal narratives centered on a particular animal or animals common to the Tanaina country. Thus the tales are peopled with foxes, beavers, wolverines, porcupines, and other animals, some of which disguise themselves in human form for sinister purposes and all of which have human desires and weaknesses.

According to the author, some embellishments in the stories certainly resulted from contact with Western civilization, particularly during the Russian and early fur-trading periods, but basically they are aboriginal Tanaina and are told as they have been handed down through oral tradition.

Originally, suk-tus were related to entertain and instruct, and they are as apt to do so for today's audiences as for yesterday's, reflecting both the outlook of their originators and the nature of the environment in which they lived.

General

Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: The Civilization of the American Indian Series
Release date: 1981
First published: 1981
Authors: Bill Vaudrin
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-1414-9
Categories: Books > Fiction > General
Books > Social sciences > General
Books > Humanities > History > General
Books > History > General
LSN: 0-8061-1414-2
Barcode: 9780806114149

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