| Osage Life and Legends Contributor(s): Liebert, Robert M. (Author), McWilliams, Keven (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0879611693 ISBN-13: 9780879611699 Publisher: Teeter Creek Herbs Co OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1987 Annotation: The Osage of the Ozarks and tall-grass prairies were once one of the most powerful tribes in North America. Robert Liebert says they have had very little written about them. Their traditions and world-views were handed down verbally through the generations in a series of beautiful poems called wi-gi-es. To bring the Old Osage way of life to light, these poems are recorded and explained together with a brief history of the people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.208 |
| LCCN: 89003359 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.54" W x 8.51" (0.44 lbs) 142 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Arkansas - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Osage who were the principal native inhabitants of the Ozarks were often described as the most handsome of the Native Amerians, tall, proud and humble.They were once one of the most powerful and well-organized North American tribes. Their traditions and world views were handed down verbally for generations in a series of poems called wi-gi-es. The poems have been recorded and form a brief history of the tribe. Rituals were at the heart of Osage Life. Rituals were faithfully obsrved such as rising in the morning to peparing to go into battle. |
