Pima Indian Legends

Anna Moore Shaw

University of Arizona Press, 1968 - Fiction - 111 pages

Coyote, Eagle-man, quail, bear, and other charaters relate their adventures in two dozen delightful tales Anna Shaw heard her father tell when she was young. The author, a Pima herself, unfolds twenty-four charming Indian tales as passed down from generation to generation. Simple, and beautiful in design and content. A delight for all ages.

Contents

• The Creation: 4
• The Great Hunters: 43
• Coyote Retrieves His Brothers Scalp: 56

About the author

Anna Moore Shaw, author of Pima Indian Legends and A Pima Past, was born in a traditional brush dwelling on the Gila River Reservation in 1898. In 1920 she received her high school diploma and married Ross Shaw, a Pima-Maricopa man. After more than forty years of distinguished civic and religious activity in Phoenix, the couple returned to the Salt River Reservation, where they focused their attention on Indian issues. Anna was on the Mutual Self-Help Housing Commission, edited the Pima newsletter, and taught kindergarten classes in the Pima language and culture. One of the founders of the reservation's museum, she served her tribe in many important capacities.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pima Indian Legends
• Author: Anna Moore Shaw
• Editor: Anna Moore Shaw
• Illustrated by: Matt Tashquinth
• Edition: 3, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1968
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Sep 16, 2008
• ISBN: 0816501866, 9780816501861
• Length: 111 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology; Social Science / General