Buried Roots and Indestructible Seeds

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Buried Roots and Indestructible Seeds

Author	: Mark Allan Lindquist
File Size	: 51,8 Mb
Publisher	: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 19 May 1994
ISBN	: 0299144445
Pages	: 172 pages

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Buried Roots and Indestructible Seeds by Mark Allan Lindquist Book PDF Summary

Nine essays present traditional and modern Native American stories and narrative and analyze such aspects as circularity, perceptions of the environment, tricksters, comedy and tragedy, treaties, and tribal survival, sovereignty, and tradition. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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