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First medicine man : the tale of Yobaghu-Talyonunh
Title:
First medicine man : the tale of Yobaghu-Talyonunh
JLCTITLE245:
by Arthur R. Wright ; ill. by Bill Engles ; afterword by Joan E. Weis.
Personal Author:
Wright, Arthur R., 1890-1948.
Publication Information:
Anchorage, Alaska : O.W. Frost, 1977.
Physical Description:
56 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780930766030

9780930766047
General Note:
"First printed in the Alaskan churchman between 1926 and 1930."
Abstract:
Retells an Athabascan legend in which an Indian embarks on a long and solitary journey in order to learn the secret of medicine.
Subject Term:
Athapascan Indians -- Folklore.

Indians of North America -- Folklore.
Added Author:
Yobaghu-Talyonunh.

Engles, Bill.
Contents:
Yobaghu-Talyonunh and his two wives -- Tails of the wolves -- Tail-man and his children -- Fish-hawk -- Wolverine -- Beginning of medicine making -- Light in the man's eye -- Camp robber and woodpecker -- Owl -- Screech owl -- Fly and the ants -- Making the first canoe -- Otter -- Outsmarting Silver-tip -- Yobaghu-Talyonunh's homecoming -- Afterword.
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