Assignments for 21 January 2003

Topics: Native American & South/Central American.

Native American

Etiologies

The Origin of Eternal Death (Wishram)

The Origin of Death (Chukchansi Yokuts)

The Origin of Death (Yauelmani Yokuts)

Coming of the Hopi from the Under-World (Hopi)

How Death Came Into the World (Modoc)
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The Origin of Death (Cochiti)
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How Death Came Into the World (Kiowa)
*Not required: read if interested*
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Electronic Reserve @ WU: Native American > Kiowa: How Death Came Into the World

Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead (Wishram)
*Not required: read if interested*
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Descriptions

The Spirit Land (Gallinomero)

The Journey To Spiritland (Winnebago)

Over the Hill (Arapaho)
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The World Beyond (Hopi)
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Songs

Song of a Child's Spirit (Santo Domingo)
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Song of the Departing Spirit (Santo Domingo)
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Death Song (Papago)
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Love Song of the Dead (Kwakiutl)
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Journeys

A Journey to the Skeleton House I (Hopi)

A Journey to the Skeleton House II (Hopi)

Orpheus-type Stories

Orpheus (Cherokee)

The Visit to the Dead (Tachi Yokuts)

Spirit Land (Pawnee)
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The Man Who Brought His Wife Back From Spiritland (Winnebago)
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Electronic Reserve @ WU: Native American > Winnebago: The Man Who Brought His Wife Back From Spiritland

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