Songs of the Tewa preceded by An essay on American Indian poetry : with a selection of outstanding compositions from North and South America : an appendix contains original Tewa texts and explanatory notes translated by Herbert Joseph Spinden ; co-ordinating editor, Margaret Lefranc ; pref. by Alice Marriott
viii, 125 pages, [6] leaves of plates illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Translations into English
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Translations
Date:
1976
1933
Notes:
"Originally published under the auspices of the Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, inc. in 1933"
NMAI copy 39088019416502 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.
Summary:
For centuries the American Indian literary tradition was primarily an oral one. Since written languages were rare among native South and North American cultures, all literature was passed...along the generations through memory and the spoken word