Sage Smoke; Tales of the Shoshoni-Bannock Indians

Chicago: Follett Pub. Co, 1973. First printing (stated). Quarto in dark color illus jacket; 96 pages illustrations; 23 cm. Owner personal name, place and date to front paste-down; else fine in about near fine jacket in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 0695804081; 9780695804084

"Twenty folk tales explaining the creation of the world, how the pine nuts came, how the Indians got their music, and other traditions." —Publisher ¶ Contents: How the world was made -- The river -- The magic rock -- Where the birds build -- How the coyote stole fire -- The seasons -- The beaver's tail -- Coyote eyes -- How the pine nuts came -- Squirrel and the pine nuts -- The big fire -- Good Uncle Crane -- Brave Porcupine -- The coyote and the bobcat -- The giant mosquito -- Why coyotes howl -- The bear and the deer -- Why the cougar has a long tail -- How the Indians got their music -- The people of Redfish Lake. ¶ "The Bannock tribe were originally Northern Paiute but are more culturally affiliated with the Northern Shoshone. They are in the Great Basin classification of Indigenous People. Their traditional lands include northern Nevada, southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and western Wyoming. Today they are enrolled in the federally recognized Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho, located on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation."—Wikipedia.

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