A song to the creator : traditional arts of Native American women of the plateau
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- ISBN: 0806128763 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780806128764 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
174 p. : ill., music ; cm.
print - Publisher: Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [1996]
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | "Plateau Women" / Elizabeth Woody -- Acknowledgments / Barbara Coddington -- Preface / Mari Watters and Ann McCormack -- The Legend of Tsagaglalal "She Who Watches" / Emory M. Strong -- Introduction. Plateau Women and Their Culture / Lillian A. Ackerman -- Maps of the Plateau -- Ch. 1. Storytelling. Old-One and the Creation of the Nicola Country / James A. Teit. Creation / Virginia Beavert. Why Spider Has Such Long Legs / Mourning Dove. How My Grandmother Received Her Healing Power / Ella E. Clark. Interview with Rena Katherine Ramsey -- Ch. 2. Weaving. Origin of Basket Weaving / Virginia Beavert. Coyote Meets Wind and Some Others / Mourning Dove. Basketry Styles of the Plateau Region / Lynette Miller. The Baskets and the Klickitats / Minnie Marie Slockish. Preserving an Art: Klikitat Basketry / Nettie Jackson and Mary Schlick. Interview with Nettie Jackson. Interview with Elaine Emerson. Interview with Rose Frank -- Ch. 3. Hideworking. The Invisible Dress / Elizabeth Woody. Plateau Native Leather Clothing, Traditional and Modern / Richard Conn. Tanning a Hide / Mourning Dove. Interview with Elsie Selam and Sarah Quaempts. Wew Luqse Ii-quni-mah (Wanting to Learn the Old Wisdom) / Ann McCormack. Interview with Ada Patrick. Interview with Armenia Miles. Interview with Mary Ann Meanus -- Ch. 4. Embroidery and the Ornamental Arts. Ant and the Beads / James A. Teit. Old-One Teaches the People the Use of Ornaments / James A. Teit. Lewis and Clark Expedition Journal Excerpts / Meriwether Lewis. Beadwork and Cultural Identity on the Plateau / Kate Duncan. Interview with Inez Hubert. Interview with Joanne Bigcrane. Interview with Mary E. Williams. Interview with Louella Friedlander -- Ch. 5. Music. Wyakin Song of Walla Walla Po / Elizabeth Penney Wilson. Women and Music in the Plateau / Judy Jones and Loran Olsen. Interview with Geraldine Jim. Afterword / Patricia Grieve Watkinson. |
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