Old Indian Legends

by Zitkala-Sa, Agnes M. Picotte (Foreword by)

Overview

Iktomi is a wily fellow. His hands are always kept in mischief. He prefers to spread a snare rather than to earn the smallest thing with honest hunting. Why! he laughs outright with wide open mouth when some simple folk are caught in a trap, sure and fast. He never dreams another lives so bright as he. Often his own conceit leads him hard against the common sense of simpler people. Poor Iktomi cannot help being a little imp. And so long as he is a naughty fairy, he cannot find a single friend. No one helps him when he is in trouble. No one really loves him. Those who come to admire his handsome beaded jacket and long fringed leggins soon go away sick and tired of his vain, vain words and heartless laughter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803299030
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Zitkála-Šá (1876-1938) (Lakota: pronounced zitkála-ša, which translates to "Red Bird")also known by the missionary-given name Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, was a Sioux (Yankton Dakota) writer, editor, musician, teacher and political activist.She was a co-founder of the National Council of American Indians in 1926 to lobby for rights to United States citizenship and civil rights. Zitkala-Ša served as its president until her death in 1938.Her life has been recorded in the biography Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkála-Šá.

Table of Contents

Iktomi and the Ducks
Iktomi's Blanket
Iktomi and the Muskrat
Iktomi and the Coyote
Iktomi and the Fawn
The Badger and the Bear
The Tree-Bound
Shooting of the Red Eagle
Iktomi and the Turtle
Dance in a Buffalo Skull
The Toad and the Boy
Iya, the Camp-Eater
Manstin, the Rabbit
The Warlike Seven