American Indian Poetry: An Anthology of Songs and ChantsGeorge William Cronyn Translators include John Reade, Silas T. Rand, Harriet Maxwell Converse, H.H. Schoolcraft, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Natalie Curtis Burlin, W.J. Hoffman, Frances Densmore, Mary Austin, Daniel G. Brinton, James Mooney, Stephen Return Riggs, J. Owen Dorsey, Alice Fletcher, Garcilaso de la Vega, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Washington Matthews, J.W. Fewkes, Frank Russell, Jeremiah Curtin, John Peabody Harrington, Franz Boas, Constance Lindsay Skinner, John R. Swanton, Edward W. Nelson, Frank Gordon, Alice Corbin Henderson, and Pauline Johnson. |
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... sacred breath of day . I inhale the sacred breath of day . All come quickly , The enemy comes from ambush . A Navajo is killed , We inhale the sacred breath of day . You have met the enemy . He will never more inhale the sacred breath ...
... sacred breath of day . I inhale the sacred breath of day . All come quickly , The enemy comes from ambush . A Navajo is killed , We inhale the sacred breath of day . You have met the enemy . He will never more inhale the sacred breath ...
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... SACRED OBJECTS On the morning of the day the journey is to begin the Kurahus rises from his place in the lodge behind the Hako and goes outside . There he ties the sacred objects on the selected tent pole . The rope of buffalo hair is ...
... SACRED OBJECTS On the morning of the day the journey is to begin the Kurahus rises from his place in the lodge behind the Hako and goes outside . There he ties the sacred objects on the selected tent pole . The rope of buffalo hair is ...
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... sacred manner I return . You , tribe , behold me , in a sacred manner I return . The nation sitting holy , friends , behold me , in a sacred manner I return . You , tribe , behold me , in a sacred manner I return . SONG OF CROW AND OWL ...
... sacred manner I return . You , tribe , behold me , in a sacred manner I return . The nation sitting holy , friends , behold me , in a sacred manner I return . You , tribe , behold me , in a sacred manner I return . SONG OF CROW AND OWL ...
Contents
Abanaki Songs John Reade | 7 |
Ojibwa War Songs H H Schoolcraft | 14 |
Memorial Ode Iroquois Mary Austin | 31 |
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Bear beat beautiful become behold birds blue bodies breath bring brother carry ceremony CHANT chief child clouds comes cover dance darkness dawn deer dreams drums dwelling eagle earth east eçka eyes fall Father feet flowers follow gifts give gods grow hand Harken head hear heard heart heed hills Holy Indian island Kawas land leaves lift light live lodge lonely look magic mind moon morning Mother Corn mountain moving never night pass path rain reach rise RITUAL river Sa-a Naraï sacred saying seek singing sleep SONG soul sound speak spirit standing star strength strong Thanks thee things thou thunder Tirawa touch trail trees tribe unto visions voice waiting walk wander wind wings woman women young younger