Dismantle the secular narrative of physical permanence and confront the material reality of an individual vanishing into thin air. This dossier scrutinizes “The Legend...
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AMERICAN INDIAN FAIRY TALES SNOW BIRD, THE WATER TIGER, etc. BY MARGARET COMPTON With numerous illustrations NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY [1907] Scanned...
When the night fire flickered in the teepee, a different kind of light came alive: the light of oral tradition. Zitkala-Ša (Gertrude Bonnin) understood...
Have you ever wondered why the Pelican has a pouch, or why the Coyote is so thin? Sitting by the “Lodge-Fire” of War Eagle,...
Before the arrival of “Christian Civilization” and its complex cathedrals, the American Indian practiced a religion of pure, wordless power—what Ohiyesa calls the “Great...
Before the “American” literary canon was even defined, a 1918 anthology dared to argue that the true roots of American poetry didn’t come from...
Dismantle the colonialist “folk-tale” narrative and confront the material data preserved by Stith Thompson. This dossier scrutinizes “Tales of the North American Indians”—exposing how...
The Living Roots of Democracy Long before the drafting of modern Western governing documents, a sophisticated system of peace and political balance flourished in...
On the morning of December 29, 1890, during what the Lakota call the Moon of the Popping Trees, a deaf warrior resisted when a...
Dismantle the secular future-modeling and face the prophetic milestones of Stalking Wolf. This dossier scrutinizes “Grandfather’s Visions“—exposing how 99 out of 104 prophecies have...
