The wonderful sky boat : and other Native American tales of the Southeast

The wonderful sky boat : and other Native American tales of the Southeast / [compiled by] Jane Louise Curry ; illustrated by James Watts.

Other author/creator	Curry, Jane Louise.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Margaret McElderry Books, 2001.
Description	142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject(s)	Indians of North America--Southern States --Folklore. Indian mythology--Southern States. Tales--Southern States. Folklore--Southern States.

Contents	The creation of the world (Yuchi) -- The crying place (Caddo) -- First Woman (Catawba) -- The great flood (Chitimacha) -- Stonecoat (Yamassee/Cherokee) -- The coming of corn (Choctaw) -- The rabbit who stole fire (Seminole) -- Rabbit's horse (Creek) -- Rabbit and wildcat (Natchez) -- How rabbit stole otter's coat (Cherokee) -- How alligator's nose was broken (Seminole) -- Heron and hummingbird (Hitchiti) -- Bigfoot bird (Eastern Cherokee) -- Opossum and her children (Koasati) -- Fox and crawfish (Natchez) -- How the biters and stingers got their poison (Choctaw) -- Why the buzzard is bald (Biloxi) -- The girl who married a star (Caddo) -- How men first played the game of ball (Apalachee) -- The ice man (Cherokee) -- Lodge boy, wild boy, and the monster woman (Creek) -- Keeper of the animals (Cherokee) -- The three owls (Tunica) -- The wonderful sky boat (Alabama) -- The old people who turned into bears (Chitimacha) -- Panther and little sister (Creek) -- The country under the water (Tunica).
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Genre/form	Juvenile materials.
LCCN	00040207
ISBN	0689835957

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