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Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians, Volumes 3 & 4 (Hardcover, Thirtieth Anniv)
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Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians, Volumes 3 & 4 (Hardcover, Thirtieth Anniv)
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Until the late eighteenth century the Arikaras were one of the
largest and most influential Indian groups on the northern plains.
For centuries they have lived along the Missouri River, first in
present South Dakota, later in what is now North Dakota. Today
they share the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North
Dakota with the Mandans and Hidatsas. Although their postcontact
history and aspects of their culture are well documented, Douglas
R. Parks's monumental four-volume work Traditional Narratives of
the Arikara Indians represents the first comprehensive attempt to
describe and record their language and literary
traditions. Volumes 1 and 2 present transcriptions of 156
oral narratives in Arikara and include literal interlinear English
translations. Volumes 3 and 4 contain free English translations of
those narratives, making available for the first time a broad,
representative group of Arikara oral traditions that will be
invaluable not only to anthropologists and folklorists but to
everyone interested in American Indian life and
literature. The narratives cover the entire range of
traditional stories found in the historical and literary tradition
of the Arikara people, who classify their stories into two
categories, true stories and tales. Here are myths of ancient
times, legends of power bestowed, historical narratives, and
narratives of mysterious incidents that affirm the existence today
of supernatural power in the world, along with tales of the
trickster Coyote and stories of the risque Stuwi and various other
animals. In addition, there are accounts of Arikara ritualism:
prayers and descriptions of how personal names are bestowed and how
the Death Feast originated.
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Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 1991 |
First published: |
February 1991 |
Authors: |
Douglas R. Parks
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 76mm (L x W x H) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
899 |
Edition: |
Thirtieth Anniv |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-3696-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
0-8032-3696-4 |
Barcode: |
9780803236967 |
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