Indian Legends of California and the Southwest Week 13: Native American Tales - Assignments - Reading - Resources - Images

Resources

Judson's Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest can be found in a complete online edition, with the original illustrations, at the Books about California History and Culture website.

There are also many valuable online resources on Native American traditions and cultures online at the Sacred Texts Archive. Some of the selections are relevant to this week's reading include:

• Religion of the Indians of California by A. L. Kroeber (1907).
• Indian Myths Of South Central California by A. L. Kroeber (1907).
• Miwok Myths by Edward Winslow Gifford (1917)
• The Dawn of the World: Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan [Miwok] Indians of California, by C. Hart Merriam (1910)
• Maidu Texts by Roland B. Dixon (1912)
• Achomawi and Atsugewi Tales and Achomawi Myths by Roland B. Dixon (1909).
• Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights (Myths and Legends of the Pima) by J. William Lloyd (1911)
• Dancing Gods: Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona by Erna Fergusson (1931)
• The Dîné: Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians by Aileen O'Bryan (1956)
• Traditions of the Hopi by H.R. Voth (1905)
• Truth of a Hopi by Edmund Nequatewa (1936)
• Zuni Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing (1901) - other books by Cushing
• Zuni Ritual Poetry by Ruth Bunzel (1930) - other books by Bunzel