"That's What They Used to Say": Reflections on American Indian Oral Traditions

by Donald L. Fixico

Book Overview

As a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard "hvmakimata"--"that's what they used to say"--a phrase Mvskokes and Seminoles use to end stories. In his latest work, Fixico, who is Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Mvskoke (as "Muskogee" is spelled in the Mvskoke language), and Seminole, invites readers into his own oral tradition to learn how storytelling, legends and prophecies, and oral histories and creation myths knit together to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806157755
• ISBN13: 9780806157757
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"