The Girl Who Married the Moon Tales from Native North America,9781555915667

The Girl Who Married the Moon Tales from Native North America

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ISBN13: 9781555915667
ISBN10: 1555915663
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-04-01
Publisher(s): Fulcrum Publishing
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Summary

A collection of Native American stories of girls becoming women. These are stories from a broad array of tribes and traditions

Author Biography

Joseph Bruchac, coauthor of The Keepers of the Earth series, is a nationally acclaimed Native American storyteller and writer who has authored more than 70 books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for adults and children. He lives in upstate New York. Gayle Ross, published author, storyteller and lecturer, is a descendant of John Ross, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation during the "Trail of Tears." Her books, How Rabbit Tricked Otter and The Girl Who Married the Moon have received glowing reviews.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii
The Northeast
1(34)
Arrowhead Finger, Penobscot
3(8)
The Abandoned Girl, Seneca
11(8)
The Girl and the Chenoo, Passamaquoddy
19(8)
The Girl Who Escaped, Mohegan
27(8)
The Southeast
35(18)
Stonecoat, Cherokee
37(4)
The Girl Who Helped Thunder, Muskogee (Creek)
41(4)
The Girl Who Married an Osage, Piankeshaw (Peoria)
45(3)
The Girls Who Almost Married an Owl, Caddo
48(5)
The Southwest
53(28)
The Poor Turkey Girl, Santa Clara Pueblo
55(4)
The Girl Who Gave Birth to Water-Jar Boy, Cochiti Pueblo
59(6)
The Bear Woman, Dine (Navajo)
65(9)
The Beauty Way---The Ceremony of White-Painted Woman, Apache
74(7)
The Northwest
81(30)
How Pelican Girl Was Saved, Lake Miwok
84(7)
Where the Girl Rescued Her Brother, Cheyenne
91(6)
Chipmunk Girl and Owl Woman, Okanagan
97(8)
The Girl Who Married the Moon, Alutiiq
105(6)
Afterword 111(2)
Acknowledgments 113(4)
Sources 117

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