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Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe (Paperback)
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Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe (Paperback)
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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.
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