Native American Poetry

by Cronyn, George W.

• ISBN13: 9780486452074
• ISBN10: 0486452077
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-04
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This pioneering book was the first to recognize Native American oral verse as a vibrant part of North American literature. Translated by leading scholars and poets, its ancient and modern songs span tribal traditions Iroquois, Cherokee, Comanche, Navajo, Eskimo, and more offering deeply authentic insights into personal and ceremonial life.

Table of Contents

Early Moon
Translated by Carl Sandburg	xi
Introduction
Mary Austin	xiii
SONGS FROM THE EASTERN WOODLANDS
Abanaki Songs
Translated by John Reade	3	(2)
Vengeance Song (Micmac)
Translated by Silas T. Rand	5	(1)
Iroquois Ritual
Translated by Harriet Maxwell Converse	6	(4)
Fire-Fly Song (Ojibwa)
Translated by H. H. Schoolcraft	10	(1)
Calling-One's-Own (Ojibwa)
Translated by Charles Fenno Hoffman	10	(1)
Ojibwa War Songs
Translated by H. H. Schoolcraft	11	(1)
Two Winnebago Songs
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	12	(1)
Sacred Mide Songs (Ojibwa)
Translated by W.J. Hoffman	13	(1)
Songs of the Chippewa
Translated by Frances Densmore	13	(13)
Memorial Ode (Iroquois)
Translated by Mary Austin	26	(5)
SONGS FROM THE SOUTHEAST
The Wallum Olum (Delaware)
Translated by Prof D.G. Brinton	31	(2)
Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
Translated by James Mooney	33	(8)
SONGS FROM THE GREAT PLAINS
Hunting Songs (Dakota)
Translated by Stephen Return Riggs	41	(1)
The Fashioning of the Children (Osage)
Translated by J. Owen Dorsey	41	(5)
Ritual Chants of the Omaha
Translated by Alice Fletcher	46	(5)
Songs of the Ghost-Dance Religion (Arapaho- Cheyenne-Comanche-Paiute-Sioux-Kiowa-Caddo)
Translated by James Mooney	51	(10)
SONGS FROM THE SOUTHWEST
Viracocha (Ancient Inca)
Translated by Garcilasso de la Vega	61	(1)
War Songs (Zuni)
Translated by Matilda Coxe Stevenson	61	(1)
Invocations for Rain (Sia)
Translated by Matilda Coxe Stevenson	62	(4)
Magpie Song (Navajo)	66	(1)
Songs in the Garden of the House God (Navajo)
Translated by Washington Matthews	66	(1)
The Mountain Chant of the Navajo
Translated by Washington Matthews	67	(14)
The Town Crier Calls at Dawn (Pueblo)
Translated by J.W. Fewkes	81	(1)
Song of the Horse (Navajo)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	82	(1)
Song of the Blue-Corn Dance (Zuni)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	82	(1)
Songs of the Pima
Translated by Frank Russell	83	(35)
Song of the Earth (Navajo)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	118	(2)
Hunting Song (Navajo)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	120	(1)
Song of the Rain Chant (Navajo)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	121	(1)
Song from the Mountain Chant (Navajo)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	122	(1)
Corn-Grinding Song (Zuni)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	123	(1)
Korosta Katzina Song (Hopi)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	124	(1)
He-Hea Katzina Song (Hopi)
Translated by Natalie Curtis Burlin	125	(4)
SONGS FROM CALIFORNIA
Songs of Spirits (Wintu)
Translated by Jeremiah Curtin	129	(1)
Songs of Kumastamxo (Yuma)
Translated by John Peabody Harrington	130	(5)
SONGS FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST
Prayers of the Tsimshian
Translated by Prof Franz Boas	135	(1)
Three Songs from the Haida
Translated by Constance Lindsay Skinner	136	(1)
Bear Song (Haida)
Translated by John R. Swanton	137	(1)
Haida Cradle Songs
Translated by John R. Swanton	138	(5)
Bilqula Death Song
Translated by Constance Lindsay Skinner	143	(1)
Songs of the Tlingit
Translated by John R. Swanton	143	(11)
Spell Song (Kwakiutl)
Translated by Prof Franz Boas	154	(1)
Chinook Songs
Translated by Prof Branz Boas	154	(5)
SONGS FROM THE FAR NORTH
Songs for the Great Feast to the Dead
Translated by Edward W. Nelson	159	(2)
Eskimo Songs
Translated by Prof Franz Boas	161	(1)
Sednor and The Fulmar (Eskimo Ballad)
Translated by Prof Franz Boas	162	(5)
INTERPRETATIONS
CONSTANCE LINDSAY SKINNER
Summer Dawn	167	(3)
Song of the Search	170	(1)
Song of Whip-Plaiting	171	(1)
Song of the Young Mother	172	(3)
Song of Basket-Weaving	175	(1)
The Change-Song	176	(2)
Song of the Full Catch	178	(1)
Spring to the Earth-Witch	178	(2)
Chief Capilano Greets His Namesake at Dawn	180	(2)
The Wild Woman's Lullaby	182	(1)
Indian Lover's Hymn	183	(1)
MARY AUSTIN
The Song of the Hills (Yokut)	184	(1)
Neither Spirit nor Bird (Shoshone)	185	(1)
Prayer to the Mountain Spirit (Navajo)	186	(1)
Song for the Passing of Beautiful Women (Paiute)	187	(1)
Song of a Passionate Lover (Yokut)	188	(1)
The Heart's Friend (Shoshone)	188	(1)
A Song in Time of Depression (Paiute)	189	(1)
FRANK GORDON
Along the South Star Trail	190	(3)
Sa-a Narai	193	(3)
Earth-Mother	196	(2)
Feast of Wolves	198	(1)
Lone-Dog Unto the Delawares	199	(1)
ALICE CORBIN HENDERSON
Listening	200	(1)
Buffalo Dance	200	(1)
Where the Fight Was	201	(1)
The Wind	201	(1)
Courtship	202	(1)
Parting	202	(1)
PAULINE JOHNSON
The Lost Lagoon (Tekashionweke)	202	(1)
The Song my Paddle Sings (Tekashionweke)	203	(2)
CONSTANCE LINDSAY SKINNER
Plem-Salia-Kwi (Autumn Dawn)	205	(8)
SONGS FROM THE HAKO
(A Pawnee Ceremony)
Translated by Alice Fletcher	213