| Description |
x, 246 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Some dynamics of American Indian historicity -- Within reach of memory: oral traditions, legends, and history -- Almost timeless truths: myth and history -- Commentaries and subversions: memorates, jokes, tales, and history -- Anchoring the past in place: geography and history -- Memories in things: material culture and Indian histories -- Renewing, remembering, and resisting: rituals and history -- Old stories, new ways: writing, power, and Indian histories -- Futures of Indian pasts: prophecy and history. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Folklore.
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Tales -- North America.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Folklore.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Historiography.
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Oral tradition -- North America.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Historiography.
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| ISBN |
0521560241 hardback |
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0521568749 paperback |
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