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This comprehensive collection of Native American folklore draws on a unique oral tradition, illuminating for students the very roots of Native American culture. Gathered from numerous tribesSeneca, Hopi, Navaho, Creek, Cheyenne, Cherokee, and Blackfootthese thirty-six stories, passed down through generations, are narrated by Dee Brown as they might be told around a campfire today. Updated for the modern reader, these tales capture the true spirit and flavor of Native American Mythology. With a new preface written by the author especially for this edition and attractive line illustrations by Native American Louis Mofsie, this unique is essential reading for a new generation of students interested in Native American culture and history, mythology and folklore, and cultural history.Brown, Dee is the author of 'Dee Brown's Folktales of the Native American Retold for Our Times' with ISBN 9780805026078 and ISBN 080502607X.
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