Arapaho Historical Traditions

Hinono'einoo3itoono

Alonzo Moss, Sr author Andrew Cowell translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Manitoba Press

Published:24th Aug '05

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Told by Paul Moss (1911-1995), a highly respected storyteller and ceremonial leader, these twelve texts introduce us to an immensely rich literature. As works of an oral tradition, they had until now remained beyond the reach of those who do not speak the Arapaho language. Here, for the first time, these outstanding examples of indigenous North American literature are printed in their original language (in the standard orthography used on the Wind River Reservation) but made accessible to a wider audience through English translation and comprehensive introductions, notes, commentaries and an Arapaho-English glossary.

The Arapaho traditions chosen for this anthology tell of hunting, scouting, fighting, horse-stealing, capture and escape, friendly encounters between tribes, diplomacy and war, conflict with the U.S. and battles with its troops. They also include accounts of vision quests and religious rites, the fate of an Arapaho woman captured by Utes, and Arapaho uses of the ""Medicine Wheel""in the Bighorn Mountains.

ISBN: 9780887556838

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 333g

529 pages