In their far-flung peregrinations the Chemehuevi undoubtedly encountered the buffalo and came to know of tribes who lived by the buffalo. They had a name for buffalo (kutsu), and Chemehuevi men who had broad, heavy shoulders and slim hips were said to be "built like the buffalo." Yet the buffalo plays a very minor role in Chemehuevi mythology. Of the thirty-odd Chemehuevi texts of myths dictated between May 1919 and May 1920 by my informant, George Laird (who later became my husband), only two make mention of this animal.One of these is a story of the travels of Southern Fox (Tantivaiyipatsi). George Laird entitled it "Southern Fox Went Across Fire Valley." He said frankly that he had constructed it out of four remembered fragments which he...
This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Managemen...
Ngunduh is a tradition followed by the communities in Karangbolong, Kebumen. There are several kinds...
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Buffalo Butte is a sacred American Indian site located in South Dakota. Various legends explain its ...
It is a truism that certain mythological themes occur and reoccur and certain mythological episodes ...
It is believed that buffalo, or bison, crossed over a land bridge that once connected the Asian and ...
This is a podcast from Dr. James Schaap\u27s Small Wonders, a series of historical vignettes about r...
We are told that in pre-contact times, when the stars in the heavens and the seasons on earth revolv...
Prepared by the Federal Writers\u27 Project in Nebraska. These legends are for the most part stories...
"The Hunting of the Buffalo gives a different phase of the passing of the frontier, describing the h...
The purpose of this study is to prove that the buffalo once occurred in Iowa because there are many ...
In the first chapter, my aim is to describe the special relationship between the Plains Indians and...
"The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today--a moving and beautifully...
An examination of the role of the buffalo in the west and the cultures on the plains. The author inc...
Nganabbarru , or water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ), is frequently hunted by Aboriginal men, and buff...
This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Managemen...
Ngunduh is a tradition followed by the communities in Karangbolong, Kebumen. There are several kinds...
By 1879 the vast buffalo herds were all but gone from the Great Plains. Many of the remaining animal...
Buffalo Butte is a sacred American Indian site located in South Dakota. Various legends explain its ...
It is a truism that certain mythological themes occur and reoccur and certain mythological episodes ...
It is believed that buffalo, or bison, crossed over a land bridge that once connected the Asian and ...
This is a podcast from Dr. James Schaap\u27s Small Wonders, a series of historical vignettes about r...
We are told that in pre-contact times, when the stars in the heavens and the seasons on earth revolv...
Prepared by the Federal Writers\u27 Project in Nebraska. These legends are for the most part stories...
"The Hunting of the Buffalo gives a different phase of the passing of the frontier, describing the h...
The purpose of this study is to prove that the buffalo once occurred in Iowa because there are many ...
In the first chapter, my aim is to describe the special relationship between the Plains Indians and...
"The epic story of the buffalo in America, from prehistoric times to today--a moving and beautifully...
An examination of the role of the buffalo in the west and the cultures on the plains. The author inc...
Nganabbarru , or water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ), is frequently hunted by Aboriginal men, and buff...
This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Managemen...
Ngunduh is a tradition followed by the communities in Karangbolong, Kebumen. There are several kinds...
By 1879 the vast buffalo herds were all but gone from the Great Plains. Many of the remaining animal...