{"product_id":"myths-and-legends-of-the-pacific-northwest-especially-of-washington-and-oregon-paperback","title":"Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest, Especially of Washington and Oregon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatharine Berry Judson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJay Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese collected myths and tales of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest--the Klamath, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Modoc, Shastan, Chinook, Flathead, Clatsop, and other tribes--were first published in 1910. Here are their stories concerning the creation of the universe, the theft of fire and daylight, the death and rebirth of salmon, and especially, the formation of such geographical features as The Dalles, the Columbia River, the Yukon River, and Mounts Shasta, Hood, Rainier, Baker, and Adams. Katharine Berry Judson began with native oral tradition in retelling these stories. They represent, as Jay Miller says, \"a distillation of tribal memory and a personification of environmental wisdom.\" Some legends--\"Duration of Life,\" \"Old Grizzly and Old Antelope,\" and \"Robe of Kemush\"--are almost literal translations, recorded by government ethnologists. Animating the beautifully wrought tales are entities like Coyote, Old Man Above, Owl and Raven and other Animal People, and Chinook Ghosts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese collected myths and tales of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest - the Klamath, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Modoc, Shastan, Chinook, Flathead, Clatsop, and other tribes - were first published in 1910. Here are their stories concerning the creation of the universe, the theft of fire and daylight, the death and rebirth of salmon, and, especially, the formation of such geographical features as The Dalles, the Columbia River, the Yukon River, and Mounts Shasta, Hood, Rainier, Baker, and Adams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatharine Berry Judson was a professor of history at the University of Washington. She compiled and edited four collections of native myths and tales, including \u003ci\u003eMyths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest\u003c\/i\u003e, also available as a Bison Book. Jay Miller, formerly assistant director and editor at the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian at the Newberry Library, is an independent scholar and writer teaching the grammar of Tsimshian in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTsimshian Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1997) and editor of \u003ci\u003eMourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 1990).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 193\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761349230880,"sku":"9780803275959","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a8c70a4a2d45ccdc5ff34d9faea691bd.webp?v=1780205226","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/myths-and-legends-of-the-pacific-northwest-especially-of-washington-and-oregon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}