American Indian Fairy Tales

By Larned, William Trowbridge

Book Id: WPLBN0002954528
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File Size: 81.22 MB
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	American Indian Fairy Tales
Author:	Larned, William Trowbridge
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fairy tales, Children
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, American Indian Fairy Tales; by W.T. Larned
Historic Publication Date:	1921
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Trowbridge Larned, B. W., & Schoolcraft, H. R. (1921). American Indian Fairy Tales. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared. (Summary by Chip)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Fairy tales, Children, Short stories