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.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Nebraska Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians |
| Release date: |
November 1990 |
| First published: |
1991 |
| Authors: |
Douglas R. Parks
|
| Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
684 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8032-3691-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8032-3691-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780803236912 |
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