Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest,9780520239265

Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest

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ISBN13: 9780520239265
ISBN10: 0520239261
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary

This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs.Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwestis a treasure, still in print after fifty years.

Author Biography

Ella E. Clark, who died in 1998, was Professor Emerita of English at Washington State University. She heard her first fragments of Indian myths while serving as a fire lookout for the U.S. Forest Service in the Cascade Mountains. She collected tribal tales in libraries and archives in the U.S. and Canada for many years

Table of Contents

Introduction: From Mountain Peaks to Indian Legends 1(6)
Myths of the Mountains
The Spirits in Nature
7(2)
Mount Shasta and the Grizzly Bears Modoc
9(2)
Mount Shasta and the Great Flood Shasta
11(1)
The Peaks of Central Oregon Warm Springs
12(2)
Mount Jefferson and the Great Flood
14(1)
The Chief's Face on Mount Hood
15(1)
A Mount Adams Story Yakima
16(3)
White Eagle: The Law on Mount Adams Yakima
19(1)
The Bridge of the Gods Klickitat
20(3)
The River Spirit and the Mountain Demons Wishram
23(2)
The Origin of Puget Sound and the Cascade Range
25(1)
Indian Names for Mount Rainier
26(2)
Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains
28(3)
Mount Rainier and the Great Flood Skokomish (?)
31(1)
The Lake on Mount Rainier Puyallup
32(1)
The Miser on Mount Rainier Nisqually
33(5)
The Origin of Mount Si and the Forests Snoqualmie
38(1)
Kulshan and His Two Wives Lummi
39(3)
Mount Baker and the Great Flood Squamish
42(1)
The Origin of Sisters Peak Skagit
43(1)
Other Traditions of the Great Flood Several Tribes
44(2)
The Valley of Peace in the Olympics
46(1)
The Seven Devils Mountains Nez Perce
47(4)
Legends of the Lakes
Spirits and Animals in the Lakes
51(2)
The Origin of Crater Lake Klamath
53(3)
The War between Lao and Skell: A Legend of Crater Lake
56(2)
Crater Lake and the Two Hunters Klamath
58(2)
Another Crater Lake Legend Klamath
60(1)
The Elk Spirit of Lost Lake Wasco
61(2)
The Demons in Spirit Lake Several Tribes
63(1)
Kwatee and the Monster in Lake Quinault Quillayute
64(1)
The Origin of Lake Crescent Quillayute
65(1)
Nahkeeta: A Story of Lake Sutherland Klallam (?)
66(1)
Mason Lake and the Crying Loon Nisqually
67(1)
The Lake on Vashon Island
68(1)
The Lake and the Elk-Child Klickitat
69(1)
The Monster and Lake Chelan Chelan
70(2)
The Lakes of the Grand Coulee
72(2)
Spokane Lake of Long Ago Spokane
74(1)
Chief Joseph's Story of Wallowa Lake Nez Perce
75(6)
Tales of the Rivers, Rocks, and Waterfalls
The Animal People of Long Ago
81(2)
Creation of the Animal People Okanogan
83(1)
How Coyote Got His Special Power Lake
84(2)
Why Rivers Flow but One Way Snohomish, Quinault
86(2)
How Coyote Made the Columbia River Colville
88(1)
Coyote and the Monster of the Columbia Klickitat
89(2)
Why Coyote Changed the Course of the Columbia River Sanpoil
91(5)
How Coyote Helped the People Several Tribes
96(3)
The Origin of Willamette Falls Kalapuya
99(1)
Pillar Rock
100(1)
The Cave Monster of the Willamette Valley Kalapuya (?)
101(1)
A Legend of Multnomah Falls
102(3)
Horsetail Falls and Beacon Rock
105(1)
Latourell Falls and the Pillars of Hercules
106(1)
Why the Columbia Sparkles Wasco
107(1)
The Ever-watchful Eye Wishram
108(1)
The Painted Rocks at Naches Gap Yakima
109(1)
The Origin of the Petrified Forest Colville
110(2)
Legends of Steamboat Rock Colville
112(2)
The Hee-Hee Stone Okanogan
114(2)
The Origin of the Spokane River Spokane
116(1)
The Origin of Palouse Falls Palouse
117(1)
Beaver and the Grande Ronde River Nez Perce
118(2)
Destruction Island and Tatoosh Island Makah
120(1)
How Kwatee Made the Rivers and Rocks Quillayute
121(1)
How Kwatee Changed the World Queets
122(2)
A Potlatch on the Oregon Coast Coquille
124(5)
Myths of Creation, the Sky, and Storms
Why and When the Tales Were Told
129(3)
The Creation of the Klamath World Klamath
132(1)
In the Beginning of the Modoc World Modoc
133(2)
The Origin of the Chinook Indians Chinook
135(1)
In the Beginning of the Nisqually World Nisqually
136(2)
The Beginning of the Skagit World Skagit
138(3)
The Beginning and the End of the Okanogan World Okanogan
141(1)
Creation of the Yakima World Yakima
142(1)
The Story of the Changer Puyallup
143(4)
The Changer Comes to the Lummi Lummi
147(1)
Pushing up the Sky Snohomish
148(2)
How Raven Helped the Ancient People
150(1)
How the People Got the Sun Quillayute
151(1)
The Big Dipper and the Milky Way Wasco
152(3)
The Seven Sisters of the Sky Nez Perce
155(1)
Two Canoes in the Sky
156(1)
The Origin of Cassiopeia's Chair Quillayute
157(1)
The Earth People Visit the Sky People Queets
158(2)
The Northern Lights and Creatures of the Sky Makah
160(1)
Thunderbird and Whale Quillayute
161(3)
Thunder and Lightning Nisqually
164(1)
Thunder's Spirit Power Skagit
165(1)
Thunder and His Son-in-Law Quinault
165(2)
The Battle with Snow Chehalis
167(2)
The Chinook Wind Yakima
169(3)
How Coyote Made the Indian Tribes Columbia River Tribes
172(7)
Miscellaneous Myths and Legends
Guardian Spirits
179(2)
The Hazelnut, a Guardian Spirit Yakima
181(1)
The Origin of Guardian Spirits and of Sweat Lodge Sanpoil
182(1)
The Origin of the Root Festival Yakima
183(1)
The Origin of the Potlatch Quillayute
184(2)
Coyote and Crow Yakima
186(1)
How Coyote Brought Fire to the People Several Tribes
187(2)
How Beaver Stole the Fire Sanpoil
189(4)
Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead
193(2)
Memaloose Island, the Island of the Dead Wishram
195(2)
The Mortal Who Married a Merman Coos
197(2)
The Maiden of Deception Pass Samish
199(2)
The Maiden Sacrificed to Winter Chinook
201(2)
Legend of the White Deer Umpqua
203(1)
The Coming of the White People Wasco
204(1)
The First Ship Chinook
205(4)
Source Notes 209(4)
Bibliography 213(6)
Glossary 219

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