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    Salish myths and legends : one people's stories / edited by M. Terry Thompson and Steven M. Egesdal.

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    • Title:Salish myths and legends : one people's stories / edited by M. Terry Thompson and Steven M. Egesdal.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Thompson, M. Terry.
      Egesdal, Steven M.
    • Published/Created:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Salishan mythology.
      Salishan Indians--Folklore.
      Tales--Northwest, Pacific.
      Legends--Northwest, Pacific.
    • Description:xlviii, 445 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
    • Series:Native literatures of the Americas.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-432) and index.
    • ISBN:9780803210899 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      0803210892 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Origins and Migrations
      Salishan Cultural Landscape
      Imperiled Status of Salishan Languages
      Writing Salishan Languages
      Mythographic Presentation and Features of Narration
      Genres of Salishan Oral Literature
      Reverence for Traditional Narrative
      Performative Context
      History of Collecting Salishan Oral Literature
      Organization of the Collection
      Language Characteristics / Steven M. Egesdal
      Epic Stories
      South Wind's Journeys: A Tillamook Epic Reconstructed from Several Sources / Edited by Douglas E. Deur and M. Terry Thompson
      Bluejay Cycle: Traditional Quinault Stories / Bob Pope / Edited by Dell Hymes
      Fly: A Southern Lushootseed Epic / Annie Daniels, Peter Heck and Jay Miller
      Pentlatch Myth Corpus / Edited by M. Dale Kinkade
      Basket Ogress Stories
      Ch'eni, the Giant Woman Who Stole Crying Children: A Traditional Lummi Story / Aloysius Charles / Edited by Richard Demers and Bill James
      Basket Ogress, Slapu? Two Traditional Klallam Stories / Martha Charles John / Edited by Steven M. Egesdal
      [actual symbol not reproducible], the Basket Ogress: A Traditional Squamish Story / Louis Miranda / Edited by Aert H. Kuipers
      Why Things Are the Way They Are
      Transformer and the Blind Old Man: A Traditional Sooke Story / Cecilia Joe / Edited by Barbara S. Efrat
      Seal: A Traditional Sliammon-Comox Story / Mary George / Edited by Honore Watanabe
      How Kingfisher Got the Red under Her Wings: A Traditional Klallam Story / Amy Allen / Edited by Steven M. Egesdal
      Tribal Legends: Traditional Stories of the Cowlitz / Roy Wilson / Edited by Judith Irwin
      Trickster Stories
      Coyote and Buffalo: A Traditional Spokane Story / Margaret Sherwood / Edited by Steven M. Egesdal
      Coyote and the Goblin: A Traditional Shuswap Story / Lilly Harry / Edited by Aert H. Kuipers
      Place of Coyote: Two Traditional San Poil (Colville-Okanagan) Stories / Bob Covington and William Burke / Edited by Dell Hymes
      [actual symbol not reproducible] and Other Episodes of a Traditional [actual symbol not reproducible] Coyote Narrative / Hilda Austin and Millie Michell / Edited by Steven M. Egesdal
      Coyote Releases Salmon: A Traditional Moses-Columbian Story / George Nanamkin / Edited by M. Dale Kinkade
      Skunk: A Traditional Colville Story / Charles Quintasket / Edited by Dell Hymes
      Seal and the Raven: A Sechelt Raven Story / Charlie Roberts and Jack Isidore / Edited by Ralph Maud
      Sun and Moon Are Brothers: A Traditional Quinault Story / Bob Pope / Edited by William R. Seaburg
      Coyote and the Birds: A Traditional Coeur d'Alene Story / Margaret Stensgar / Edited by Ivy G. Doak and Margaret Stensgar
      Border Monsters: A Story about Salishan People from a Bordering Group / Hal George / Edited by J. V. (Jay) Powell and Luke J. Powell
      Historical Events
      Battle at Sea: A Northern Lushootseed Historical Narrative / Wilson George / Edited by Vi [actual symbol not reproducible] Hilbert and Thomas M. Hess
      [actual symbol not reproducible] Marriage: A Humorous Pend d'Oreille Story / Pete Beaverhead / Edited by Sarah G. Thomason
      Sametl: A Chinook Jargon Rendering of a Saanich Story / Thomas Paul / Edited by Dell Hymes
      Chairman Roy Wilson's Cowlitz Desanctification Ceremony / Edited by Judith Irwin
      Three Lillooet Stories / Sam Mitchell, Martina LaRochelle and Rosie Joseph / Edited by Jan P. van Eijk
      Reminiscences from the Shuswap / Lilly Harry / Edited by Aert H. Kuipers
      When the Animals Were People
      Lady Louse: A Traditional Northern Lushootseed Story / Vi [actual symbol not reproducible] Hilbert / Edited by Vi [actual symbol not reproducible] Hilbert
      Black Bear and Grizzly Bear: A Traditional Upriver Halkomelem Story / Dan Milo / Edited by Ralph Maud
      Beaver and Mouse: A Traditional Nooksack Story / George Swanaset / Edited by Pamela Amoss
      Crow, Her Son, Her Daughter: A Traditional Southem Lushootseed Story / Marion Davis / Edited by Dell Hymes
      Whiteman as "Other"
      Sailor Who Jumped Ship and Was Befriended by Skagits: A Lushootseed Historical Story / Susie Sampson Peter / Edited by Jay Miller and Vi [actual symbol not reproducible] Hilbert
      Circling Raven and the Jesuits: A Traditional Coeur d'Alene Story / Margaret Stensgar / Edited by Ivy G. Doak and Margaret Stensgar
      Oratory
      TheTwo-Headed Person: A Colville-Okanagan Oratory / William M. Charley / Edited by Anthony Mattina
      Funeral Address of Chief [actual symbol not reproducible] to the Mourners of a Dead Child: A Thompson River Salish [actual symbol not reproducible] Oration / Chief [actual symbol not reproducible] / Edited by Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson
      Humor
      Two Coyotes: A Humorous Lillooet Story / Bill Edwards / Edited by Jan P. van Eijk
      Story of Mink and Miss Pitch: A Traditional Upriver Halkomelem Story / Susan Malloway Jimmy / Edited by Brent Galloway
      Broke-Her-Nose Woman (or The Stupid Daughter-in-Law): A Humorous [actual symbol not reproducible] (Thompson River Salish) Story / Mabel Joe / Edited by Mabel Joe and M. Terry Thompson
      Songs
      Three Thompson River Salish Songs from Spuzzum / Annie Z. York / Edited by Andrea Laforet
      Modern Poems and a Story-Poem
      Growing Old / Jack Iyall
      Salmon / Duane Niatum
      To Our Salish Women Who Weave the Seasons / Duane Niatum
      Sleeping Woman / Duane Niatum
      Journeys to Other Worlds
      Kidnapping of Moon: An Upper Chehalis Myth / Silas Heck / Edited by M. Dale Kinkade
      Sun's Child: A Traditional Bella Coola Story / Agnes Edgar / Edited by Dell Hymes
      Star Husband: Two Brothers' Versions of a Traditional Skokornish-Twana Story / Frank Allen and Henry Allen / Edited by William W. Elmendorf and Steven M. Egesdal
      Maiden of Deception Pass: A Traditional Samish Story / Victor Underwood, Sr. / Edited by Brent Galloway
      Kakantu, the Chief's Daughter Who Married a Blackfish: A Traditional Klallam Story / Amy Allen / Edited by Steven M. Egesdal.
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