Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

A coyote reader /

Bright, William, 1928-2006.

A coyote reader / - Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993. - xxiv, 202 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.

The coyote / by Mark Twain -- A berry feast / by Gary Snyder -- Coyote goes to a dance / by Mamie Offield and William Bright -- Coyote's homecoming / by Chester Pepper and William Bright -- Telling about Coyote / by Simon Ortiz -- Coyote and friends ; How her teeth were pulled / by Jarold Ramsey -- Coyote established fishing taboos / by Charles Cultee and Franz Boas, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote lays down the law / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote gives birth / by Tony Tillohash and Edward Sapir, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote places the stars / by Hamilton Tyler --Fivefold fanfare for cover / by Dell Hymes -- Coyote steals a drink / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- Coyote eats grasshoppers / by Chester Pepper and William Bright -- Coyote cooks his daughter / by Rosinda Nolasquez and Jane H. Hill, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote turns into driftwood / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote and Beaver exchange wives / by William Brandon -- Coyote sucks himself / by Victoria Howard and Melville Jacobs, adapted by Dell Hymes -- Coyote in love / by Bruce Bennett -- Coyote Man and Saucy Duckfeather / by Peter Blue Cloud -- Coyote steals fire / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- "What stinks?" / by Leslie Silko -- Trickster / by Wendy Rose -- Coyote baptizes the chickens / by Alejandrina Murillo Melendres, Mar�ia Aldama, and Leanne Hinton, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote and the prairie dogs / by Yellowman, with Barre Toelken and Tacheeni Scott -- Muddy prints on mohair / by Peter Coyote -- Sex, fingers, and death / by Sam Batwi and Edward Sapir, adapted by William Bright -- First woman invents compassion / by Jarold Ramsey -- Coyote starts upriver / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote continues upriver / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- Coyote and badger / by Charles Cultee and Franz Boas, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote tricks Grey Fox / by Rudolph Kane, Katherine Davenport, and Larry Evers -- Two coyotes / by Harry Wheeler and Haruo Aoki, adapted by William Bright -- Coyote and the gypsies ; Coyote's metaphysics / by Bruce Bennett -- Frybread story ; Coyote, Coyote, please tell me / by Peter Blue Cloud -- Coyote R�oshi Goroku / by Robert Aitken -- Coyote marries his own daughter / by Julia Starritt and William Bright -- Coyote on the beach / by Nettie Reuben and William Bright -- Coyote / by Will Staple -- The incredible survival of Coyote / by Gary Snyder -- Coyote's epilogue to the telling / by Jarold Ramsey -- Spearfish sequence / by Dell Hymes -- Song for the First People / by David Wagoner.

A collection of stories and poems from both traditional Native American tales and modern American writing that show Coyote in roles that range from a divine archetype to an outlaw.

0520080610 (cloth : alk paper) 9780520080614 (cloth : alk paper) 0520080629 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520080621 (pbk. : alk. paper)

92032640

GB93-11567


Karok Indians--Folklore.
Indians of North America--Folklore.
Indian mythology--North America.
Coyote (Legendary character)
Indian poetry--Translations into English.
Mythologie indienne--Am�erique du Nord.
Contes indiens--Th�emes, motifs--Animaux.
Legende
Pr�ariewolf (Motiv)
Anthologie
Pr�ariewolf


USA
Indianer

Tales Special subjects Animals Myths By American Indians North America

E98.F6 / B83 1993

398.24/52974442