The origin of the Milky Way & other living stories of the Cherokee / collected and edited by Barbara R. Duncan ; with stories told by Davy Arch [and others] ; illustrations by Shan Goshorn.
Cherokee people have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for thousands of years. During all this time, they have told stories to each other to explain how things came to be, to pass on lessons about life, and to describe the mountains, animals, plants, and spirits around them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780807859308
- ISBN: 0807859303
- ISBN: 9780807886748
- ISBN: 0807886742
- Physical Description: 133 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
- Copyright: ©2008.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Living with people -- Origin of strawberries : first man and first woman / Kathi Littlejohn -- Origin of the blowgun : the old man and the birds / Davy Arch -- Medicine and the wolf clan / Freeman Owle -- Bird with big feet / Kathi Littlejohn -- Origin of stickball : the story of the bat / Freeman Owle -- How the possum lost his beautiful tail / Freeman Owle -- Living with animals -- Magic lake / Freeman Owle -- Rattlesnake in the corn / Daby Arch -- Getting fire / Kathi Littlejohn -- Living with plants and the Earth -- Trees are alive / Edna Chekelelee -- Mother Earth's spring dress / Edna Chekelelee -- Earth / Freeman Owle -- Corn woman spirit / Freeman Owle -- A medicine story / Robert Bushyhead -- Living with spirits -- Spirit warriors and the Nikwasi mound / Freeman Owle -- Santeetlah ghost story / Edna Chekelelee -- Cherokee little people -- forever boy / Kathi Littlejohn -- Nunnehi, the gentle people / Kathi Littlejohn -- Living with monsters -- Spearfinger / Kathi Littlejohn -- Hunter and thunder / Robert Bushyhead -- Living with Cherokee language -- Cherokee language / Edna Chekelelee -- Origin of the milky way / Swimmer -- Gili Ulisvdanvyi / Marie Junaluska -- Living with the past and future -- Trail of Tears / Freeman Owle -- Removal / Davy Arch -- Legend of corn beads / Edna Chekelelee -- People singing in the Earth / Freeman Owle.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | 398.0899 ORI (Text) | 37810434962238 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Marion Library | JUV 398.08 ORI (Text) | 37810435633598 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
