| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
159 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
About the tribes of Texas and the Southern Plains -- Beginning of the world / Tejas (Hasinai) -- Coyote makes the sun / Kiowa-Apache -- Why bear waddles when he walks / Comanche -- Quarrel between wind and thunder / Lipan Apache -- Thunderbird woman, skiwis and little big-belly boy / Waco -- Monsters and the flood / Wichita -- Coyote and the seven brothers / Caddo -- Slaying the monsters / Kadohadacho -- Hold up the sky / Lipan Apache -- Coyote and mouse -- Tonkawa -- Coyote and the smallest snake / Tawakoni -- Coyote flies with the geese / Lipan Apache -- Coyote frees the buffalo / Kitsai -- Great meatball / Comanche -- Fight between the animals and insects / Lipan Apache -- How rabbit stole mountain lion's teeth / Addo -- Fox and possum / Kitkehahki, South Band Pawnee -- Sendeh sings to the prairie dogs / Kiowa -- Deserted children / Comanche -- Mountain lion and the four sisters / Osage -- How poor boy won his wife / Kiowa-Apache -- Ghost woman / Kiowa-Apache -- Boy who killed the hill / Osage -- White fox / Kiowa -- Tonkawa and the bear / Tonkawa -- Young boy chief and his sister / Wichita -- About the storytellers -- About the stories -- About the author. |
| Summary |
Retells twenty-six tales from Native Americans whose traditional lands were in Texas and the Southern Plains, and provides a brief introduction to the history of each tribe. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 4.0 69013. |
| Subject |
Tales -- Great Plains.
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Folklore -- Great Plains.
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Tales -- Texas.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Great Plains -- Folklore.
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Indigenous peoples -- Texas -- Folklore.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Texas -- Folklore.
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Folklore -- Texas.
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Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Watts, James, 1955- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0689852878 |
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9780689852879 |
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