This challenging study analyzes nearly forty superb stories, from mythic narratives predating Columbus to contemporary American Indian fiction, representing every traditional Native American culture area. Developing recent ethnopoetic scholarship and drawing on the critical ideas of Mikhail Bakhtin and Pierre Bourdieu, Karl Kroeber reveals how preconceptions deriving from our hypervisual, print-dominated culture distort our understanding of essential functions and forms of oral storytelling. Kroeber demonstrates that myths do not merely preserve tradition but may transform it by performatively reenacting the concealed sociological and psychological conflicts that give rise to social institutions. Showing how the variability of mythic narrative fosters communal self-renewal, Kroeber offers startling insight into Native Americans' perception of animals as "cultured, " their creation of visually unrepresentable tricksters by aural imagining, and the rhetorical means through which oral narratives may not only reflect but even redirect political change. By making understandable the forgotten artistry of oral storytelling, Kroeber enables modern readers to appreciate fully the tragic emotions, hilarious ribaldry, and haunting beauty in these astonishing Native American mythic narratives. Karl Kroeber is Mellon Professor of Humanities at Columbia University. His most recent books are Ecological Literary Criticism: Romantic Imagining and the Biology of the Mind and Retelling/Rereading: The Fate of Storytelling in Modern Times.

C.L. Hause, illustrator of the best-selling series "Walking With Spirits - Native American Myths, Legends, And Folklore Volumes 1-6" and "The Native American Story Book - Stories Of The American Indians For Children Volumes 1-5" returns with "The Native American Art Book - Art Inspired By Native American Myths And Legends." Light Of The Moon Publishing has releases this full colored coffee table print book by award winning artist and illustrator C.L. Hause (Winner Of The Johnny Hart Memorial Award "BC Comics"). In this new book, Hause expresses his art aesthetic in traditional and sometimes an abstract interpretation of Native American myths and legends, continuing their tradition of storytelling in a new medium. His works of art are meant to draw the viewer into the piece, so that they become a part of it. By breathing this "new life" into the tradition, he believes he is keeping these stories, these events these histories alive. Along with a large collection of visually appealing art, this book also contains short stories, prayers and quotations by famous Native American figures that are meant to inspire and motivate the reader.

C.L. Hause, illustrator of the best-selling series "Walking With Spirits - Native American Myths, Legends, And Folklore Volumes 1-6" and "The Native American Story Book - Stories Of The American Indians For Children Volumes 1-5" returns with "The Native American Art Book - Art Inspired By Native American Myths And Legends." Light Of The Moon Publishing has releases this full colored coffee table print book by award winning artist and illustrator C.L. Hause (Winner Of The Johnny Hart Memorial Award "BC Comics"). In this new book, Hause expresses his art aesthetic in traditional and sometimes an abstract interpretation of Native American myths and legends, continuing their tradition of storytelling in a new medium. His works of art are meant to draw the viewer into the piece, so that they become a part of it. By breathing this "new life" into the tradition, he believes he is keeping these stories, these events these histories alive. Along with a large collection of visually appealing art, this book also contains short stories, prayers and quotations by famous Native American figures that are meant to inspire and motivate the reader.

More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.

"Seven Myths of Native American History will provide undergraduates and general readers with a very useful introduction to Native America past and present. Jentz identifies the origins and remarkable staying power of these myths at the same time he exposes and dismantles them." —Colin G. Calloway, Dartmouth College

This illuminating and provocative book is the first anthology devoted to Twentieth Century Native American and First Nation art. Native American Art brings together anthropologists, art historians, curators, critics and distinguished Native artists to discuss pottery, painitng, sculpture, printmaking, photography and performance art by some of the most celebrated Native American and Canadian First Nation artists of our time The contributors use new theoretical and critical approaches to address key issues for Native American art, including symbolism and spirituality, the role of patronage and musuem practices, the politics of art criticism and the aesthetic power of indigenous knowledge. The artist contributors, who represent several Native nations - including Cherokee, Lakota, Plains Cree, and those of the PLateau country - emphasise the importance of traditional stories, myhtologies and ceremonies in the production of comtemporary art. Within great poignancy, thye write about recent art in terms of home, homeland and aboriginal sovereignty Tracing the continued resistance of Native artists to dominant orthodoxies of the art market and art history, Native American Art in the Twentieth Century argues forcefully for Native art's place in modern art history.

Stretching from the north to the south of the Western Hemisphere, the indigenous Americans have a long-forgotten history, and with that, myths, legends, and stories that have been passed on through generations. Many of them were in tune with nature, and had their rituals, beliefs, and mythological creatures. In this guide, you'll read about: Native American gods and goddesses that were worshiped by the aboriginals Some historical background, and the connection to their beliefs. The most important, best-known legends that have been told and written on cave walls. Stories that have been told on the American continent about the creation of the world. The myths and truths about supernatural powers shaman and other native Americans had (or didn't have). Native American beliefs about birth, death, and the afterlife. To get a grasp of the original inhabitants of the United States, Canada, and Latin American nations, it is crucial to understand the roots of where it all came from, and what was going on in people's minds before the European settlers arrived.