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Paperback: 165 pages
Publisher: Bison Books (1985)
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
ISBN: 0-8032-9903-6
Condition: Very Good - (Contains Library Stamp)

Old Indian Legends

Zitkala-Sa

Illustrations: Angel De Cora

Foreward: Agnes M. Picotte

From Back Cover

Early in the century a manificent Sioux woman named Zitkala-Sa published these legends that she learned during her childhood on the Yankton Reservation. Her eastern eduction developed a writing talent that was put to good use in recording from oral tradition the exploits of Iktomi the trickster, Eya the glutton, the Dragon Fly, the Blood Clot boy, and other magical and mysterious figures, human and animal, known to the Sioux. Until her death in 1938, Zitkala-Sa stood between two cultures as preserver and translator.

Zitkala-Sa (also known as Gertrude Bonnin) later published the largely autobiographical American Indian Stories.

STORIES INCLUDED:

Iktomi and the Ducks
Iktomi's Blanket
Iktomi and the Muskrat
Iktomi and the Coyote
Iktomi and the Fawn
The Badger and the Bear
The Tree-Bound
Shooting of the Red Eagle
Iktomi and the Turtle
Dance in a Buffalo Skull
The Toad and the Boy
Iya, the Camp-Eater
Manstin, the Rabbit
The Warlike Seven