Iroquois Folk Tales: Native American Short Stories

By Mabel Powers

This collection of Iroquois folk tales was first published a century ago by a white woman named Mabel Powers. She traveled from wigwam to wigwam, listening and sharing the stories she heard. To preserve them, she wrote them down and was made an honorary member of the Iroquois. She was called, "Yeh sen noh wehs" which means "one who carries and tells the stories."

Check out the Look Inside Feature above to view a sample of Iroquois Folk Tales.Includes 30 short stories--each is 2-3 pages in lengthIncludes many pourquois tales of how things came to be---How the Turkey Buzzard Got His Tail, Why the Cuckoo is So Lazy, Why the Chipmunk Has Black Stripes, and so on . . .Stories have been formatted to 8 1/2" x 11" trim size for ease of photocopyingStories are printed with a clean, easy-to-read font for ease of close readingStories provide examples of Native American primary source material of Indian folkloreIdeal for children in grades 3-6
A study of Native American folklore simply wouldn't be complete without this historic collection of Iroquois folk tales

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500882216
• ISBN13: 9781500882211
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"