OLD INDIAN LEGENDS (PAPERBACK, NEW ED) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Early in the twentieth century, a Sioux woman named Zitkala-Sa published these fourteen Native legends that she had learned during her own childhood on the Yankton Reservation. Her writing talent, developed during her education back east, was put to good use in recording from oral tradition the exploits of Iktomi the trickster, Eya the glutton, the Dragon Fly, and other magical and mysterious figures, human and animal, known to the Sioux. Until her death in 1938, Zitkala-Sa stood between two cultures as preserver and translator. Features Summary Presents tales about Iktomi the trickster, Eya the glutton, the Dragon Fly, the Blood Clot boy, and other magical and mysterious figures, human and animal... Author Zitkala-Sa (Author), Agnes M. Picotte (Foreword by) Publisher University of Nebraska Press Release date 19850601 Pages 216 ISBN 0-8032-9903-6 ISBN 13 978-0-8032-9903-0