This CD contains 53 Rare and Fascinating Historic books detailing Native American Religions and Mythologies.
This CD contains 53 Rare and Fascinating Historic books detailing Native American Religions and Mythologies.
Below is a breakdown of the books and their contents by region. The book titles are bolded and the contents are in the bullet points below each book. All books are complete - including any illustrations that were in the original hardcopy books. In many cases, we list the chapters in the books but we also list many books just by title and publication date in an effort to keep the ad a reasonable size. If you have a question about the contents of any book, please ask us.
All books are supplied in PDF format and are fully searchable.
General
Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson [1929]
Walam Olum excerpt from The Len�p� and Their Legends, by Samuel G. Brinton. Brinton's Library of Aboriginal Literature number V. Phildelphia [1885].
The Soul of the Indian by Charles Eastman [1911]
Indian Why Stories by Frank Linderman [1915]
Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa [1901]
Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin [1916]
Californian Indians
Religion of the Indians of California by A. L. Kroeber. University of California Publications in American Ethnography and Ethnology (UCPAAE) Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 319-356. [1907]
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest Compiled and edited by Katherine Berry Judson. [1912]
Additional books for the Californian Indians
Indian Myths Of South Central California. By A. L. Kroeber. UCPAAE Vol. 4 No. 4, pp. 167-250. [1907].
Myths of the Miwok By Edward Winslow Gifford. UCPAAE Vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 283-338. [1917]
The Dawn of the World Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan [Miwok] Indians of California, by C. Hart Merriam [1910]
Maidu Texts by Roland B. Dixon, Publications of the American Ethnological Society, vol. IV [1912]
Hupa Texts by Pliny Earle Goddard. UCPAAE Vol. 1 No. 2 [1904]
Yana Texts by Edward Sapir UCPAAE Vol. 9 No. 1, pp. 1-235. [1910]
Achomawi and Atsugewi Tales and Achomawi Myths by Roland B. Dixon JAFL Vol. 22, no. 81, pp. 159-77 [1908] and JAFL Vol. 23, no. 85, pp. 283-7 [1909].
Chinigchinich by Friar Geronimo Boscana; tr. by Alfred Robinson; [1846]
The Mythology of the Diege�os by Constance Goddard Du Bois, The Journal of American Folk-Lore (JAFL) Vol. XIV, No. 54, pp. 181-5 [1901]
A Saboba Origin-Myth by George Wharton James; JAFL Vol. XV, No. 61, pp. 36-9 [1902]
The Legend of Tauquitch and Algoot by George Wharton James; JAFL Vol. XVI, No. 62, pp. 153-9 [1903]
The Story of the Chaup; A Myth of the Diegue�os by Constance Goddard Du Bois; JAFL Vol. XVII, No. 67 pp. 217-42 [1904]
Mythology of the Mission Indians by Constance Goddard Du Bois; JAFL Vol. XVII, No. 66. p.. 185-8 [1904]; Vol. XIX. No. 72 pp. 52-60 and 73. pp. 145-64. [1906].
Two Myths of the Mission Indians by A. L. Kroeber; JAFL Vol. XIX, No. 75 pp. 309-21 [1906]
Ceremonies and Traditions of the Diegue�o Indians by Constance Goddard Du Bois; JAFL XXI, No. 82 pp. 228-36 [1908].
Inuit
Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo by Henry Rink [1875]
Eskimo Folk-tales collected by Knud Rasmussen, translated and edited by W. Worster [1921]
Plains Indians
Jicarilla Apache Texts by Pliny Earle Goddard. [1911] (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VIII.)
The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala Division of The Teton Dakota. by J. R. Walker. [1917] (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History Vol. XVI, Part II)
Death and Funeral Customs among the Omahas by Francis La Flesche [1889]
Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa [1901]
Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin [1916]
Iroquois
The Code of Handsome Lake by Arther C. Parker [1913]
The Iroquois Book of Rites by H.E. Hale [1883]
Northwestern
Coos Texts by Leo Frachtenberg. [1913] (Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Vol. I.)
Chinook Texts by Franz Boas. [1894] (U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, no 20.)
Kwakiutl Tales by Franz Boas. [1910] (Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Vol. II.)
Haida Songs by John R. Swanton. [1912] (Publications of the American Ethnological Society Volume III, Part 1.)
Tsimshian Texts (Nass River Dialect) by Franz Boas. [1902] (U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin no. 27.)
Tsimshian Texts (New Series) by Franz Boas. [1912] (Publications of the American Ethnological Society Volume III, Part 2.)
Tlingit Myths and Texts by John R. Swanton. [1909] (U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin no. 39.)
Many Swans: Sun Myth of the North American Indians by Amy Lowell [1920]
Southeastern Indian
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians by John R. Swanton. [1929] (Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, No. 88.)
Sacred Formulas of the Cherokee by James Mooney [1891]
Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney [1900]
The Cherokee Ball Play by James Mooney [1890]
Southwestern Indians
Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians by Aileen O'Bryan
The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony by Washington Matthews [1887]
Navaho Myths, Prayers, and Songs by Washington Matthews (UCPAAE 5:2) [1906]
Traditions of the Hopi by H.R. Voth, Field Columbian Museum Anthropogical Publication Vol. VIII. [1905].
Truth of a Hopi by Edmund Nequatewa, [1936]
Table of Zu�i Sounds
Introduction to Zu�i Ceremonialism by Ruth Bunzel
Zu�i Origin Myths by Ruth Bunzel
Zu�i Ritual Poetry by Ruth Bunzel
Zu�i Folk Tales by Frank Cushing[1901]
Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights (Myths and Legends of the Pima) by J. William Lloyd [1911]
This is a must have collection for any American Indian religion and myth (mythology) history buff!
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