Buch, Delaware, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren
Buch, Delaware, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: CERES: Rutgers Studies in History
ISBN: 978-1-9788-1915-3
Verlag: Rutgers University Press
The Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence, they were forced to move further west: to Indiana, then Missouri, and finally to the territory that became Oklahoma. These reluctant migrants were not able to carry much from their ancestral homeland, but they managed to preserve the myths and fables that had been passed down for generations.
On the Turtle’s Back is the first collection of Lenape folklore, originally compiled by anthropologist M. R. Harrington over a century ago, but never published until now. In it, the Delaware share their cherished tales about the world’s creation, epic heroes, and ordinary human foibles. It features stories told to Harrington by two Lenape couples, Julius and Minnie Fouts and Charles and Susan Elkhair, who sought to officially record their legends before their language and cultural traditions died out. More recent interviews with Lenape elders are also included, as their reflections on hearing these stories as children speak to the status of the tribe and its culture today. Together, they welcome you into their rich and wonderous imaginative world.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Photographs Maps Forced Migration Route of the Main Body of the Delaware Indians Northeastern Oklahoma Elkhair and Fouts Family Tree Acknowledgments Introduction: The Story Tellers’ History 1. Creation Stories The Turtle’s Back The Seven Stars The Snow and Ice Boy The Girl Who Sounds the Thunders A Snake Legend [Julius Fouts] The Disappearance of Corn [Charles Elkhair] 2. Big House Stories The Misingwe [Charles Elkhair] Vision on the Kansas River [Charles Elkhair] The Future of the Big Hosue [Charles Elkhair & Julius Fouts] Delaware Church [Julius Fouts] 3. Culture Heroes Ball Player [Julius Fouts] The Big Fish [Charles Elkhair] Wehixamukes [Charles Elkhair] 4. Humans Learning Lessons Rock-Shut-Up [Charles Elkhair] Little Masks [Julius Fouts] He is Everywhere [Julius Fouts] 5. Talking to the Dead First Cause of the Feast for the Dead [Minnie Fouts] Talking to the Dead [Susan Elkhair] Lost Boy [Charles Elkhair’s daughter?] Otter Hide [Charles Elkhair?] 6. The Coming of the Whites The Coming of the White Man [Julius Fouts] The Origination of White Men [Julius Fouts] Whites & Indians [Charles Elkhair] 7. Tales of Ordinary Life A Child’s Life [Julius Fouts] The Three Clans [Julius Fouts] The Origin of Stories An Afterword in Three Parts I. What Happened to the Storytellers? II. Four Elders at the end of the 20th century Rosetta Coffey Pat Donnell Joanna Nichol Bonnie Thaxton III. Today Appendices A. The Turtle’s Back (Iroquoian and Munsee versions) B. Dutch Arrival at Manhattan (John Heckewelder’s version) C. The Woman Who Wanted No One (as told to Truman Michelson) D. Elected Leaders of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, c.1800-present Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
