| Description |
1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Note on Pronunciation of Cherokee; Introduction: Opening the Door; Sagwu (One): Alenihv (Beginnings); Tali (Two): Adanvsgvi (Movements); Joi (Three): Dideyohvsdi (Teachings); Nvgi (Four): Ulvsgedi (The Wondrous); Afterword: Standing in the Middle; Acknowledgments; Works Cited |
| Summary |
Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club paints a vivid, fascinating portrait of a community deeply grounded in tradition and dynamically engaged in the present. A collection of interwoven stories, conversations, and teachings about Western Cherokee life, beliefs, and the art of storytelling, the book orchestrates a multilayered conversation between a group of honored Cherokee elders, storytellers, and knowledge-keepers and the communities their stories touch. Collaborating with Hastings Shade, Sammy Still, Sequoyah Guess, and Woody Hansen, Cherokee scholar Christopher B. Teuton has a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cherokee Indians -- Folklore
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Tales -- Oklahoma
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Oral tradition -- Oklahoma
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Native American.
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Cherokee Indians
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Oral tradition
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Tales
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Oklahoma
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore
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Anthologies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012014163 |
| ISBN |
9780807837498 |
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0807837490 |
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9781469601526 |
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1469601524 |
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