Books in the Native Literatures of the Americas and Indigenous World Literatures series

A comprehensive collection of Lacandon Maya oral literature, including narratives, myths, songs, and ritual speech.

Storytelling and singing is a vital part of community life for Native peoples. This book gathers stories and songs from many Native groups in North America - including the Inupiaqs in the frigid North, the Lushootseeds along the forested coastline of the far West, the Catawbas in the humid South, and the Maliseets of the rugged woods of the East.

A multidisciplinary, diversified, multicultural anthology that includes English translations accompanied by analytic and interpretive text outlines by leading scholars of eight major language groups of the Southern Plains: Muskogean, Uto-Aztecan, Caddoan, Siouan, Algonquian, Kiowa-Tanoan, Athabascan, and Tonkawa.

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.

The rich oral traditions of the Athabaskan Indians from southwestern Oregon are showcased in these pages for the first time. This book features tales of familiar Tricksters: Coyote, known for his unusual sexual prowess and escapades that often go awry; the vain and gullible Grizzly Bear; and Raccoon, often greedy and ever elusive.

Highlights the large array of Indigenous linguistic and cultural groups of the US Southeast. The traditional and modern Native literature genres showcased include stories that speakers perceive to be in the past, genres that have developed alongside these stories, and modern story types that have sometimes supplanted traditional tales.

Provides fresh new translations of Native oral literatures of the American Southwest, a region of vital and varied cultures and languages. The collection features songs, stories, chants, and orations from the four major language groups: Yuman, Nadine (Apachean), Uto-Aztecan, and Kiowa-Tanoan.

An anthology of essays on the translation of Native American languages and literatures.

When Europeans first arrived on the American continent, Algonquian languages were spoken from the northeastern seaboard through the Great Lakes region, and across much of Canada. The rich and varied oral tradition of this Native language family comes brilliantly to life in this remarkably broad sampling of Algonquian songs and stories from across the centuries.

An anthology of story, legend, song, and oratory which shows the storytelling traditions of Salish-speaking peoples in the Pacific Northwest of North America. It features an array of Trickster stories centered on Coyote, Mink, and other memorable characters, and stories of the frightening Basket Ogress, and accounts of otherworldly journeys.