The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales

Twenty-four Native American legends and tales from across the United States capture a wide range of belief systems and wisdom from the Cherokee, Cheyenne, Hopi, Lenape, Maidu, Seminole, Seneca, and other tribes. The beautifully retold tales, each with an informative introduction, range from creation...

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Main Author: Bruchac, James
Other Authors: Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-, Vitale, Stefano (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c2008.
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245 1 4 |a The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales /  |c retold by James Bruchac and Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by Stefano Vitale. 
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300 |a 96 p. :  |b col. ill. ;  |c 26 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96). 
520 |a Twenty-four Native American legends and tales from across the United States capture a wide range of belief systems and wisdom from the Cherokee, Cheyenne, Hopi, Lenape, Maidu, Seminole, Seneca, and other tribes. The beautifully retold tales, each with an informative introduction, range from creation stories and animal fables to stirring accounts of bravery and sacrifice. 
505 0 |a How stories came to be (Seneca) -- The girl who helped thunder (Lenape) -- Maushop, the good giant (Wampanoag) -- The ball game between the birds and the animals (Cherokee) -- Turtle's race with wolf (Seminole) -- How rabbit got wisdom (Creek) -- The coming of corn (Choctaw) -- The sister and her seven brothers (Cheyenne) -- How the buffalo came to be (Lakota) -- Old Man and the rolling rock (Blackfeet) -- The bear man (Pawnee) -- How the people came to the upper world (Hopi) -- The hero twins (Navajo) -- Who moon has one eye (Isleta Pueblo) -- Moon and frog old woman (Maidu) -- The story of Tu-tok-a-nu-la (Miwok) -- How Earth Elder made the acorn tree (Pomo) -- Why owl lives away from the people (Wiyot) -- How the drum came to the people (Salish) -- The two sisters who married stars (Yakama) -- The boy who went with the seals (Wasco) -- the beluga-skin Bedaarka (Aluutiq) -- The blind boy and the loon (Inuit) -- How raven brought back the sun (Koyukon Alhabascan) -- Sources. 
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