American Indian poetry : an anthology of songs and chants
Title:
American Indian poetry : an anthology of songs and chants
JLCTITLE245:
edited by George W. Cronyn ; foreword by Kenneth Lincoln ; introduction by Mary Austin.
Uniform Title:
Path on the rainbow.
Edition:
1st Ballantine books trade ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1991, ©1918.
Physical Description:
xxxviii, 294 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780449906705
General Note:
Originally published under title: The path on the rainbow.
Abstract:
Publisher description: First published in 1918, American Indian Poetry is a pioneer work of remarkable authenticity. Filled with pieces collected from Native Americans in their own languages and translated by leading scholars and poets of the day, it was the first book to give their oral verse its place as an essential, vibrant part of North American literature. These songs and chants, ancient and modern, speak to the power and poignancy of ordinary life and to the deeply mystical. These are cries from a people at one with both spirit and earth, for all the world to hear and includes works from the major tribes from the Southeast to the Northwest Coast.
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Contents:
Foreword / Kenneth Lincoln -- Introduction / Mary Austin -- Songs from the eastern woodlands -- Songs from the Southeast -- Songs from the great plains -- Songs from the Southwest -- Songs from California -- Songs from the northwest coast -- Songs from the far north -- Interpretations: Constance Lindsay Skinner ; Mary Austin ; Frank Gordon ; Alice Corbin Henderson ; Pauline Johnson ; Plem-Salia-Kwi (Autumn dawn) / translated by Constance Lindsay Skinner -- Songs from the Hako (a Pawnee ceremony) / translated by Alice Fletcher -- Songs from the north and south / translated by Francis Denmore.