How mockingbirds are : O'odham ritual orations /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bahr, Donald M.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.
Description:	xi, 171 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	North American native peoples, past and present North American native peoples, past and present.
Subject:	Tohono O'odham Indians -- Arizona -- Rites and ceremonies. Tohono O'odham Indians -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Rites and ceremonies. Pima Indians -- Arizona -- Rites and ceremonies. Pima Indians -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) -- Rites and ceremonies. Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian -- Arizona. Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Indian mythology -- Arizona. Indian mythology -- Mexico -- Sonora (State) Indian mythology. Manners and customs. Speeches, addresses, etc., Indian. Tohono O'odham Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. Arizona -- Social life and customs. Sonora (Mexico : State) -- Social life and customs. Arizona. Mexico -- Sonora (State)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8444388

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ISBN:	9781438435251 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1438435258 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: The O'odham Mockingbird Texts, the Background, and the Argument
2. The Origin Stories behind the Wine Drinks
3. The Ceremonies
4. The Speeches
5. The Mockingbird: Big Talker or Rain Doctor?
6. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix 1. Two Non-O'odham Stories for Comparison
Appendix 2. Vanyiko's Matches for All of the Portions of Thin Leather's Speech
Appendix 3. Chart of the Texts; Orations and Stories
Notes
References Cited
Index

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