Koasati Traditional Narratives |
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| Author:
| Kimball, Geoffrey D. |
| Series title: | Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-282-74935-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Koasati Traditional Narratives is the first published collection of oral literature of the Koasati Indians, who at the time of first contact with the West lived in the upper Tennessee River valley but now predominantly reside in western Louisiana. The works were gathered from several narrators between 1910 and 1992 by John R. Swanton, Mary R. Haas, Geoffrey D. Kimball, and others, and are presented in the original Koasati verse and in English translation.
Koasati Traditional Narratives is the first published collection of oral literature of the Koasati Indians, who at the time of first contact with the West lived in the upper Tennessee River valley but now predominantly reside in western Louisiana. The works were gathered from several narrators between 1910 and 1992 by John R. Swanton, Mary R. Haas, Geoffrey D. Kimball, and others, and are presented in the original Koasati verse and in English translation.