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Title In the trail of the wind : American Indian poems and ritual orations / edited by John Bierhorst.

Publication Info. [United States] : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
1971.
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Children's Department  JUV. 811.54 I35I    Check Shelf
Edition Revised Sunburst edition.
Description 202 pages ; 20 cm
Note "A Sunburst book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202).
Contents Then he descended -- Song of creation -- This newly created world -- Thus it is told -- He wove the strands of our life -- First man was the first to emerge -- Emergence song -- They stooped over and came out -- Upward going! -- The Cussitaws come east -- Over the water -- Now we come southwards -- It was the wind -- Breathe on him -- The wind blows from the sea -- Wind song -- That wind -- THe dreamer rides the whirlwind -- Beseeching the breath -- Prayer; Inca -- Prayer; Aztec -- Prayer; Crow -- Prayer; Sioux -- Prayer; Auaucanian -- Prayer; Navajo -- Prayer; Winnebego -- Prayer; Quiche -- Prayer; Iroquois -- With refoicing mouth -- Aqalani! -- Grandeur of Mexico -- Song -- The face of my mountains -- That mountain far away -- House blessing -- The lands around my dwelling -- Song -- Black-tailed deer song -- Song of the hunter -- Song of the deer -- Song of the fallen deer -- War songs -- War song -- Song of reproach -- Song of encouragement -- Hymn -- How the days will be -- The taking of life brings serious thoughts -- Magic formula to make an enemy peaceful -- Behold, this pipe -- I pass the pipe -- To a woman loved -- Love song -- Love song -- I cannot forget you -- Magic formula to fix a bride's affection -- Love song -- Song of a Chief's daughter -- A woman's complaint -- A husband's song -- Love song of a young man -- Friendship -- The being without a face -- Not forever on earth -- The moon and the year -- Charms -- Spirits -- We spirits dance -- Death of a sister -- Wailing song -- Magic formula to destroy life -- Death of a son -- You and I shall go -- And yet the earth remains unchanged -- Supplication to the rain god and the spirit god -- Cover my earth mother -- In the night -- Offering -- My breath became -- Butterfly song -- Songs of birds -- Words spoken by a mother to her newborn son -- As she cuts the umbilical cord -- Presenting an infant to the sun -- Songs in the garden of the house god -- Song -- The great sea -- Dream song; Wintu -- Dream song; Chippewa -- The song of a dream -- At night may I roam -- Dream song; Papago -- Dream song; Chippewa -- Is this real.
In the great night -- Dream song; Wintu -- Song -- Omen -- Prophecy; Iroquois -- Prophecy; Maya -- Who are they? -- I gave them fruits -- The weeping spreads -- They came from the east -- The beginning of sickness -- Plague -- Magic formula against disease -- The surrender speech of Cuauhtemoc -- The surrender speech of Chief Joseph -- On the death of Atahualpa -- The ghost of caupolican -- Curse on people that wish on ill -- We are living humbly -- At the wood's edge -- Requickening -- Magic formula -- Song -- The day has risen -- There! -- Come all! -- They shall not wither -- They will appear -- You shall live -- Song of the ghost dance; Cheyenne -- Songs of the ghost dance; Paiute -- Songs of the ghost dance; Comanche.
Summary An anthology of native American poetry from both North and South America.
Subject Indian poetry -- North America -- Translations into English.
Local Subject Indigenous poetry -- North America -- Translations into English.
Added Author Bierhorst, John.
ISBN 0374436096
9780374436094
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