Idaho Commission for Libraries

Myths of the Idaho Indians (1980) collects, in prose narrative form, stories of the Kutneai, the Kalispel, the Coeur d'Alene, the Nez Perce, the Shoshone, and the Northern Paiute originally gathered by ethnologists, anthropologists, and historians. Myths of creation, of coyote tricksters, of birth and death and justice suggest the rich spiritual and aesthetic life of the tribes.

Deward Walker, Jr., Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has published several books on Indian culture in the Intermountain West.

Theme Essay

http://libraries.idaho.gov/node/499
"Stories that Make the World: Oral Literature of the Indian Peoples," by Rodney Frey

Information on Deward Walker

http://spot.colorado.edu/~walkerde/
Professor Walker's personal web site.

Return to the Tough Paradise Theme Page