Download or read book A Study of Wintu Mythology written by D. Demetracopoulou and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Bag of Bones written by Grant Towendolly and published by Naturegraph Publishers. This book was released on 1966 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories come from the Wintu Indians of California's northern Sacramento Valley where they resided for thousands of years. Grant Towendolly, son of the former headman of the tribe, a Wintu philosopher, mystic, and shaman, retells their legends. We learn that streams, rocks, trees, canyons, cliffs, and ordinary scenery to us, often held special significance. On the side of a trail on Salt Creek is a large balanced rock called "a bag of bones" in which it is said deer bones could be heard rattling around inside.

Download or read book A Study of Wintu Mythology written by Dorothy Demetracopoulou and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wintu Myths written by Cora Alice Du Bois and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wintu Texts written by Alice Shepherd and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Bag of Bones written by Grant Towendolly and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Wintu Their Neighbors written by Christopher K. Chase-Dunn and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the cutting edge of world-systems theory comes The Wintu and Their Neighbors, the first case study to compare and contrast systematically an indigenous Native American society with the modern world at large. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines sociology, anthropology, political science, geography, and history, Christopher Chase-Dunn and Kelly M. Mann have scoured the archaeological record of the Wintu, an aboriginal people without agriculture, metallurgy, or class structure who lived in the wooded valleys and hills of northern California. By studying the household composition, kinship, and trade relations of the Wintu, they call into question some of the basic assumptions of prior sociological theory and analysis. Chase-Dunn and Mann argue that Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems perspective, originally applied only to the study of modern capitalistic societies, can also be applied to the study of the social, economic, and political relationships in small stateless societies. They contend that, despite the fact that the Wintu appear on the surface to have been a household-based society, this indigenous group was in fact involved in a myriad of networks of interaction, which resulted in intermarriage and which extended for many miles around the region. These networks, which were not based on the economic dominance of one society over anotherÑa concept fundamental to Wallerstein's world-systems theoryÑled to the eventual expansion of the Wintu as a cultural group. Thus, despite the fact that the Wintu did not behave like a modern societyÑlacking wealth accumulation, class distinctions, and cultural dominanceÑChase-Dunn and Mann insist that the Wintu were involved in a world-system and argue, therefore, that the concept of the "minisystem" should be discarded. They urge other scholars to employ this comparative world-systems perspective in their research on stateless societies.

Download or read book Mysteries of Native American Myth and Religion written by Gary R. Varner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklorist Gary R. Varner takes a lengthy look at various myths, legends and beliefs of Native Americans in this book. Included are stories and archaeological finds from various lands that suggest cultural contacts between explorers from China, Japan, the Mediterranean and Europe with Native Americans in pre-Columbian times. Native American folklore and myths are examined including the universal legends of the flood and stories of the mysterious god-men such as Quetzalcoatl, Votan and Chinigchinix, who brought the arts, technology and civilization to indigenous cultures. Mysteries of Native American Myth and Religion is a fact-filled, yet fascinating story of the original inhabitants of North and South America. Varner has written several books on folklore and mythology and is a member of the American Folklore Society and the Foundation for Mythological Studies.

Download or read book Wintu Myths by Cora Du Bois and Dorothy Demetracopoulou Berkeley University of California Press 1931 written by Cora Alice Du Bois and published by . This book was released on with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Karok Myths written by A. L. Kroeber and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

Download or read book American Indian Myths and Legends written by Richard Erdoes and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.

Download or read book Wintu Myths by Cora Du Bois and Dorothy Demetracopoulou written by Cora Du Bois and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Native American Creation Myths written by Jeremiah Curtin and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional American Indian life revolved around communication with divinity, and these authentic stories about the origin of the earth and its creatures embody every facet of their culture — customs, institutions, and art.

Download or read book Surviving Through the Days written by Herbert W. Luthin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-06-26 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of Native California, assembled by an editor admirably sensitive to language, culture, and history, will delight scholars and general readers alike. Herbert Luthin's generous selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs is drawn from a wide sampling of California's many Native cultures, and although a few pieces are familiar classics, most are published here for the first time, in fresh literary translations. The translators, whether professional linguists or Native scholars and storytellers, are all acknowledged experts in their respective languages, and their introductions to each selection provide welcome cultural and biographical context. Augmenting and enhancing the book are Luthin's engaging, informative essays on topics that range from California's Native languages and oral-literary traditions to critical issues in performance, translation, and the history of California literary ethnography.

Download or read book Wintu Ethnography written by Cora Alice Du Bois and published by Berkeley ; s.n.. This book was released on 1935 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book In My Own Words written by Grace McKibbin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the only bilingual collection of the songs, stories, and traditional tales of the Wintu.