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PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated

ISBN-100486294501

ISBN-139780486294506

eBay Product ID (ePID)464481

Product Key Features

Book TitleNative American Songs and Poems : an Anthology

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPrinted Music / General, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Native American

Publication Year1996

GenreMusic, Poetry, Literary Collections

AuthorBrian Swann

Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Poetry Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight2 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-024331

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromNinth Grade

Dewey Decimal811.008/0897

Table Of ContentSong for Bringing a Child into the World Song for the Dying He-Hea Katzina Song Hymn of the Horse Deer Song Song from the mountain Chant Song of the Earth Yaqui Song Quail Song Bear Song Havasupai Medicine Song Arapaho Ghost Dance Songs Paiute Ghost Dance Song Luiseño Song of the Seasons Six Dream Songs I. You and I Shall Go II. Minnow and Flowers III. Sleep IV. Dandelion Puffs V. There Above VI. Strange Flowers Two Newe Songs Song Cradle Song In the Valley She Will Gather Roses Utitia'q's Song Dance Song Old Song of the Musk Ox People Delight in Nature Ptarmigan How to Write the Great American Indian Novel Grandmother Two Heart Clan Inside Osage "Anza Borrego, 1995" Ride the Turtle's Back Geese Flying Over a Prison Sweat Lodge The Owl This Blessing Cedar Swamp Eagle Poem lines from a pariah notebook Naming the Animals The Origins of Corn In the Cornfield Sky Woman This is No Movie of Noble Savages Evening Near the Hoko River Stones Speak of the Earthless Sky After the Lightning Skins as Old Testament What the Eagle Fan Says Durable Breath To Those Who Matter "Tradition from Inside"

SynopsisIn this carefully chosen collection, encompassing traditional songs and contemporary Native American poetry, readers will find a treasury of lyrics verse composed by Seminole, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Havasupai, Arapaho, Paiute, Nootka, and other Indian writers and poets. Selections range from the beautiful, traditional Seminole "Song for Bringing a Child into the World" to the cynical, knowing "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel." Permeated by the Indian's deep awareness and appreciation of nature's beauty and rhythms, these poems deal with themes of tradition and continuity, the Indians' place in contemporary society, love, loss, memory, alienation, and many other topics. Taken together, these poems offer an intimate, revealing record of the Native American response to the world, from time-honored chants and songs to the musings of urban Indian poets coming to grips with twentieth-century America., Wonderful collection of authentic traditional songs and contemporary Indian verse composed by Seminole, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Arapaho, Paiute, Nootka, other Indian writers and poets. Topics include nature's beauty and rhythms, themes of tradition and continuity, the Indian in contemporary society, much more., Rich selection of traditional songs and contemporary verse by Seminole, Hopi, Arapaho, Nootka, other Indian writers and poets. Nature, tradition, Indians' role in contemporary society, other topics.

LC Classification NumberPS591.I55N