Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction Joel Sherzer and Anthony C. Woodbury; 2. Tonkawa poetics: John Rush buffalo's 'Coyote and Eagle's daughter' Dell Hymes; 3. Warm Springs Sahaptin narrative analysis Virginia Hymes; 4. Poetic structuring of Kuna discouse: the line Joel Sherzer; 5. Hearing a voice in an ancient test: Quiche; Maya poetics in performance Dennis Tedlock; 6. Rhetorical structure in a Central Alaskan Yupik Eskimo traditional narrative Anthony C. Woodbury; Indices