American Indian Trickster Tales Diné (Navajo) Told by Christie Ningewance

Told by Christie Ningewance

A Field of Their Own examines nine key figures in American Indian scholarship to reveal how women came to be identified with Indian history and why they eventually claimed it as their own field

Antelope Woman ingeniously illuminates how that history affects the contemporary descendants of these families who are the products of two cultures

which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational relationships and shared passions

from conifers to cattails to medicinal uses of yarrow

American Indian Trickster Tales Diné (Navajo) Told by Christie NingewanceOf all the characters in myths and legends told around the world through the centuries courageous heroes, scary monsters, rapturous virgins it's the Trickster who provides the real spark in the action. And nowhere is he more central to the story than in Native American folklore. This book covers the entire North American continent, with more than one hundred tales from fifty five tribes. You'll encounter the rascally and irascible Coyote, master thief