Description |
1 online resource (x, 182 pages) : maps. |
Series |
Fire Ant Books
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Spirit Child; 2. The Healing Way; 3. Snakebite Healer; 4. Lessons in Healing; 5. The Red Bead; 6. Cloud Bringer, Father-of-Storm-Rider; 7. "War"; 8. Mourning Time; 9. Stone-Arrow-Point People; 10. Cutting Cane and Gathering Dyes; 11. Passing on Traditions; 12. Nobles and Commoners; 13. The Bone Basket; 14. Ambush at Round Island; 15. Cannibal Beasts; 16. Captives' Sentences; 17. Remembering Bent Woman's Teachings; 18. Escape; 19. Homecoming; Glossary; Further Reading. |
Summary |
When the mighty wind blows through the swamps of southern Louisiana, it changes not only the land, but the inhabitants as well. Just such a wind brought a lone infant into the care of the Chitimacha Indians deep in the Atchafalaya swamp. Raised by the tribal holy man, Storm Rider grows to adolescence as a respected tribal member, steeped in the wisdom and traditions of his adopted people. Their clan competitions, life-cycle rituals, social interactions, and subsistence labors are well explained in this historical novel. When captured by an enemy raiding party, Storm Rider and his nemesis, the. |
Subject |
Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
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Chitimacha Indians -- Fiction.
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Chitimacha Indians. (OCoLC)fst00857985
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Literature.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Subject |
Louisiana -- Atchafalaya River Valley.
(OCoLC)fst01273769
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Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Fiction.
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Subject |
Atchafalaya River Valley (La.) -- Fiction.
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Indians of North America -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gibson, Jon. Spirit Wind. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, ©2009 9780817355722 |
ISBN |
9780817382483 (electronic bk.) |
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0817382488 (electronic bk.) |
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