Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies. Melvin R. Gilmore

Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies - Melvin R. Gilmore


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       Melvin R. Gilmore

      Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       [email protected]

      EAN 4064066142117

      Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION

       Land and People

       NATURE AND HEALTH

       SPIRIT OF LIFE

       ATTITUDE TOWARDS NATIVE LIFE

       INDIANS’ APPRECIATION AND LOVE OF THEIR HOMELAND

       THRILLING ESCAPE OF A WAR PARTY OUTNUMBERED AND SURROUNDED BY THEIR ENEMIES

       A MANDAN MONUMENT IN COMMEMORATION OF AN ACT OF HEROISM

       THE LEGEND OF STANDING ROCK

       THE HOLY HILL PAHUK

       THE LODGE OF THE BLACK-TAIL DEER WHICH TALKED WITH ITS CAPTOR

       THE WONDERFUL BASKET

       CAUSE OF THE BREAKING UP OF THE ICE IN THE MISSOURI RIVER IN SPRINGTIME

       THE WATER-SPRING OF THE HOLY MAN

       THE SACRED SYMBOL OF THE CIRCLE

       THE SACRED NUMBER FOUR

       THE PRISTINE PRAIRIE

       ABORIGINAL AMERICAN AGRICULTURE

       THE EARTH-LODGE

       DESCRIPTION OF THE TIPI

       AN OMAHA GHOST STORY

       AN OMAHA HERO SONG

       Stories of Plant People

       SACRED TREES

       THE SONG OF THE PASQUE FLOWER

       THE PRAIRIE ROSE

       THE SONG OF THE WILD ROSE

       USE OF THE GROUND BEAN BY INDIANS

       TIPSIN: AN IMPORTANT NATIVE FOOD PLANT

       HOW THE PEOPLE OBTAINED THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF CORN

       A GROUP OF PAWNEE HYMNS TO CORN

       THE FORGOTTEN EAR OF CORN

       HOW THE USEFULNESS OF WILD RICE WAS DISCOVERED

       A STORY OF THE SUNFLOWER

       DAKOTA FOLKLORE OF THE SPIDERWORT

       Stories of the Four-Footed People

       THE FAITHFUL DOG

       HOW COYOTE CHIEF WAS PUNISHED

       THE SKUNK AND THE BEAR

       THE SONG OF THE OLD WOLF

       Stories of the People of the Air

       FOLK SAYINGS ABOUT THE MEADOWLARK

       HOW THE MEADOWLARK WON THE RACE

       INDIAN FOLKLORE OF THE HORNED LARK

       HOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT GEESE MIGRATE

       THE CAPTIVE BIRD: A TRUE STORY OF CHILDHOOD IN THE OMAHA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA

       THE CHICKADEE

       THE SONG OF THE WREN

       THE WAR EAGLE AND THE JACK-RABBIT

       INDEX

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