Retelling Trickster in Naapi's Language

by Nimachia Howe

Book Overview

Retelling Trickster in Naapi's Language is an examination of Nitsitapiisinni (Blackfoot) origin stories about one of the most powerful and unpredictable of the early creators in Niitsitapii consciousness and chronology: Naapi. Through in-depth linguistic analysis, Nimachia Howe reinterprets the earliest references to Naapi, offering a more authentic understanding of his identity and of the meanings and functions of the stories in which he appears...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607329786
• ISBN13: 9781607329787
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 years and up