{"product_id":"a-listening-wind-9780803262874","title":"A Listening Wind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighlights 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Marcia Haag displays intimate awareness while skillfully articulating the complexities of Native American survivance in the southeastern U.S. . . . Throughout the seventy-seven works, there is a straightforward style embellished with poetic cadences and colloquialisms. These works offer a rare glimpse into a South too often overlooked or forgotten. . . . Care has been taken to record these gems in a context that respects their individuality and enhances awareness within and outside of their respective tribal communities.”—Douglas Suano Bootes, \u003ci\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“This book is a pleasure to read. The strong aesthetic appeal of southeastern Native narrative is apparent in the contributors’ fine renderings of the tales, and their commentaries show the importance of the stories in the lives and expectations of southeastern narrators and audiences past and present.”—Margaret Holmes Williamson, author of \u003ci\u003ePowhatan Lords of Life and Death: Command and Consent in Seventeenth-Century Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“This collection, which covers a greater diversity of tribes than most studies of [the Southeast], will be an asset to specialists, students, and those with a general interest in southern studies. Its presentation of storytelling with scholarly context is especially valuable.”—Lindsey Claire Smith, editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction  \u003cbr\u003eMarcia Haag\u003cbr\u003eChoctaw \u003cbr\u003eEssay  \u003cbr\u003eMississippi Choctaw Oral Literature\u003cbr\u003e Tom Mould\u003cbr\u003eCreation Myths\u003cbr\u003eThe Choctaw Creation Legend \u003cbr\u003eIsaac Pistonabee.  1901\u003cbr\u003eThe Creation of Three Races  \u003cbr\u003eHarley Vaughn.  1996\u003cbr\u003e Shukhanumpa:  Animal Stories\u003cbr\u003eWhy Terrapins Never Get Fat  \u003cbr\u003eOlman Comby. 1928.\u003cbr\u003eContemporary Humorous Stories\u003cbr\u003eThe Dog who Spoke Choctaw \u003cbr\u003eJake York. 1997\u003cbr\u003eRunning Water  \u003cbr\u003eLillie Gibson.  1997\u003cbr\u003eThe Man and the Turkey  \u003cbr\u003eHenry Williams.  1997\u003cbr\u003eSupernatural Legends and Encounters\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Man  \u003cbr\u003eTerry Ben. 1996\u003cbr\u003ePansh Falaya (Long Hair) \u003cbr\u003eCynthia Clegg.  1997\u003cbr\u003eProphecy Stories\u003cbr\u003eNew Inventions and Lost Traditions  \u003cbr\u003eBilly Amos. 1999\u003cbr\u003eCars and Changing Values.  In Choctaw and English. \u003cbr\u003eOdie Mae Anderson.  1997\u003cbr\u003eThe Third Removal  \u003cbr\u003eEstelline Tubby.  1996\u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eWhere Oral Tradition and Literacy Collide:  James L. McDonald’s Spectre Essay of 1830\u003cbr\u003ePhillip Carroll Morgan\u003cbr\u003eLetter from J.L. McDonald to Peter Pitchlynn\u003cbr\u003e J.L. McDonald. 1830\u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eModern Oklahoma Choctaw Stories \u003cbr\u003eMarcia Haag\u003cbr\u003eModern Oklahoma Choctaw Stories\u003cbr\u003eBoarding School Runaways  \u003cbr\u003ePaula Carney. 2008\u003cbr\u003eHow I Almost Killed a Hog by Scaring It  \u003cbr\u003eAbe Frazier.  2008.\u003cbr\u003eThe Miracle  \u003cbr\u003eBill Nowlin.  2006.\u003cbr\u003eNeva the Hunter \u003cbr\u003eLois Pugh. 2004.\u003cbr\u003eCreek\u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eCreek (Muskogee) Literature  \u003cbr\u003eJack B. Martin\u003cbr\u003eTraditional Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Corn  \u003cbr\u003eTaylor Postoak, Second Chief of the Muskokees. 1882\u003cbr\u003eThe Boy who Turned Into a Snake   \u003cbr\u003eI. Field. 1937  \u003cbr\u003eFamily Versions of Traditional Tales\u003cbr\u003eRabbit Steals Fire \u003cbr\u003eEarnest Gouge.  1915\u003cbr\u003eGirl Abducted by Lion\u003cbr\u003eEarnest Gouge.  1915\u003cbr\u003eStories of Real People\u003cbr\u003eAutobiography of James Hill  \u003cbr\u003eJames Hill. 1939\u003cbr\u003eTraditional Song\u003cbr\u003eEstvmvn Estomen Follatskis  In Creek and English.\u003cbr\u003eTranscribed by Gloria McCarty.\u003cbr\u003eChickasaw \u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eChickasaw Oral Literature  \u003cbr\u003eJoshua D. Hinson (Lokosh)\u003cbr\u003eChikashsha Naaikbi’ Anoli’ ‘Creation-Origin Stories’\u003cbr\u003eChikashsha Naiikbi’ Anoli’ Chickasaw Creation Story In Chickasaw and English  \u003cbr\u003eJuanita Byars.  1995\u003cbr\u003eHow the Day and Night were Divided\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by the Chickasaw Language Committee. 2012\u003cbr\u003eShikonno’pa  “Possum Stories”\u003cbr\u003eWhy Turtle Has a Cracked Shell   \u003cbr\u003eWeldon Fulsom. 2011\u003cbr\u003eIksa Nannanooli:  Clan Stories\u003cbr\u003eWildcat Man Meets Bigfoot\u003cbr\u003eZeno McCurtain.  1921\u003cbr\u003eHumorous Stories\u003cbr\u003eFala Shiiki Tawwa’a  ‘The Crow and the Buzzard’  \u003cbr\u003eJohn Puller, retold by Stan Smith. 2011\u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eInterpretation Is a Tricky Business:  The Challenges of Interpreting Chickasaw Oral Narratives  \u003cbr\u003eJoshua D. Hinson (Lokosh)\u003cbr\u003eSelections from Katihshtchi Ittish Oppolo’ Okla Imalattook `How the People Got Poison’\u003cbr\u003eGlenda Galvan. Translated by Jo Ann Ellis and Jerry Imotichey. 2012.\u003cbr\u003eYuchi \u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003e Yuchi Stories\u003cbr\u003e Mary S. Linn \u003cbr\u003eMythical Time Stories\u003cbr\u003eThe Red-Mouthed Lizard and the Hunters  \u003cbr\u003eMaxey Simms. 1928\u003cbr\u003eHow the Yuchi Kill the Red-Mouthed Lizard  \u003cbr\u003eAndy Johnson.  1928 \u003cbr\u003eWind and Iron\u003cbr\u003eMaxey Simms. 1928\u003cbr\u003eAnimal Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe First Woman to Leave a Lazy Husband \u003cbr\u003eCollected by Jeremiah Curtin. 1883\u003cbr\u003eRabbit and Turkeys  In Yuchi and English  \u003cbr\u003eIda Clinton Riley.  1993 \u003cbr\u003eStories of the Supernatural\u003cbr\u003e Spirit Stories  \u003cbr\u003eMr. and Mrs. Sam Brown.  1883\u003cbr\u003eCherokee \u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eCherokee Literature  \u003cbr\u003eChristopher B.Teuton\u003cbr\u003eGalgogv’i: New and Old Lies\u003cbr\u003eThe Rabbit and the Image   \u003cbr\u003eDalala.  1961\u003cbr\u003eRabbit and Possum Look for Wives\u003cbr\u003eSequoyah Guess.  2010\u003cbr\u003eHow the Possum Lost His Beautiful Tail\u003cbr\u003eKathi Littlejohn.  1998\u003cbr\u003eThunder and the Uk’ten’\u003cbr\u003eSiquanid’. 1961\u003cbr\u003eHow the White Man Was Made\u003cbr\u003eHastings Shade. 2010\u003cbr\u003eUlvsgedi:  Stories of the Wondrous\u003cbr\u003eThe Owl at the Window\u003cbr\u003eHastings Shade. 2010\u003cbr\u003eCrossing Safely  \u003cbr\u003eSammy Still.  2010\u003cbr\u003eSanteetlah Ghost Story\u003cbr\u003eEdna Chekelelee.  1998\u003cbr\u003eThe Little People and the Nunnehi\u003cbr\u003eRobert Bushyhead.  1998\u003cbr\u003eThe Spirit of an Ancestor\u003cbr\u003eHastings Shade. 2010.\u003cbr\u003eKanoheda: Philosophy, History, and Memoir\u003cbr\u003eThe Language and the Fire\u003cbr\u003eSequoyah Guess, Hastings Shade, Woody Hansen, and Christopher B. Teuton.  2010\u003cbr\u003eA Cherokee Vision of Eloh’ (excerpt)  \u003cbr\u003eSakiya Sanders. Translated by Wesley Proctor.  1981 \u003cbr\u003eThe Cherokee Migration Story  \u003cbr\u003eSequoyah Guess. 2010\u003cbr\u003eThe Trail of Tears\u003cbr\u003eFreeman Owle.  1998\u003cbr\u003eMankiller:  A Chief and Her People (excerpt)\u003cbr\u003eWilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis. 2000\u003cbr\u003eWho Is Cherokee?\u003cbr\u003eHarry Oosahwee (Adawi). 2010\u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eWho Is Cherokee? Federal Recognition, Culture, and Rhetorical Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003eKimberly Roppolo Wieser\u003cbr\u003eKoasati \u003cbr\u003eEssay\u003cbr\u003eKoasati (Coushatta) Literature  \u003cbr\u003eLinda Langley\u003cbr\u003eTraditional Stories\u003cbr\u003eThe Bear Hunter and the Alligator’s Gift \u003cbr\u003eIsabel Celestine Robinson. circa 1960\u003cbr\u003eHow the Owl Got Skinny Legs\u003cbr\u003eRonnie Abney.  2009\u003cbr\u003eGetting Fire from the Bear  \u003cbr\u003eCrystal Williams. 2013\u003cbr\u003eModern Stories and Memoirs\u003cbr\u003eHow We Survived Long Ago\u003cbr\u003eDoris Robinson Celestine Battise and Jamison “Jimmy” Poncho.  2009\u003cbr\u003eHunting in the Olden Days, and Tomatoes \u003cbr\u003eDan Sylestine. 2009 and 2012\u003cbr\u003eGrandmother and the Nail  \u003cbr\u003eBertney Langley. 2012\u003cbr\u003eAnother Story about Grandmother and a Nail \u003cbr\u003eBarbara Langley. 2012\u003cbr\u003eGrandmother and the Gift Card  \u003cbr\u003eLorenda Poncho.  2013\u003cbr\u003eGrandmother and the Turtle  \u003cbr\u003eClaudine Ceslestine Hasting. 2012\u003cbr\u003eOn My Way to the Meeting. Ittanahkafa Aayallis In Koasati and English \u003cbr\u003eJanice Battise Sylestine. 2010\u003cbr\u003ePhotograph of Koasati authors\u003cbr\u003eLiterature of smaller tribes of the Southeastern United States (Atakapa-Ishak, Catawba, and Houma)\u003cbr\u003eEssay \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to Atakapa, Catawba, and Houma Stories  \u003cbr\u003eWilliam Sconzert-Hall\u003cbr\u003eAtakapa-Ishak\u003cbr\u003eInterpretation of the Creation Myth  \u003cbr\u003eShaman Shawn Papillion\u003cbr\u003eOstitat – The One who Sits Above All:  the Making of the Earth  \u003cbr\u003eShaman Shawn Papillion. 2013\u003cbr\u003eCatawba\u003cbr\u003eInterpretation of a Folktale  \u003cbr\u003e Beckee Garris\u003cbr\u003eHow the Chipmunk Got its Stripes \u003cbr\u003eRe-told by Beckee Garris. 2013\u003cbr\u003eHouma\u003cbr\u003eThe Importance of Folktales  \u003cbr\u003eMorningDove Verret Hopkins and William Sconzert-Hall\u003cbr\u003eHow the Rabbit Lost His Tail  \u003cbr\u003eMorningDove Verret Hopkins. 2012\u003cbr\u003eHow the Turtle Broke His Shell.  \u003cbr\u003eMorningDove Verret Hopkins 2013\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405266035031,"sku":"9780803262874","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803262874.jpg?v=1730489342","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-listening-wind-9780803262874","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}