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Sky Loom offers a dazzling introduction to Native American myths, stories, and songs drawn from previous collections by acclaimed translator and poet Brian Swann. With a general introduction by Swann, Sky Loom is a stunning collection that provides a glimpse into the intricacies and beauties of story and myth, placing them in their cultural, historical, and linguistic contexts. Each of the twenty-five selections is translated and introduced by a well-known expert on Native oral literatures and offers entry into the cultures and traditions of several different tribes and bands, including the Yupiit and the Tlingits of the polar North; the Coast Salish and the Kwakwaka'wakw of the Pacific Northwest; the Navajos, the Pimas, and the Yaquis of the Southwest; the Lakota Sioux and the Plains Crees of the Great Plains; the Ojibwes of the Great Lakes; the Naskapis and the Eastern Crees of the Hudson Bay area in Canada; and the Munsees of the Northeast. Sky Loom takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey through literary traditions older than the "discovery" of the New World.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Sky Loom
• Author: Brian Swann
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 558
• EAN: 9780803246157
• ISBN: 0803246153
• ID: 04713399
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Weight: 812 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 30. September 2014

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