The great race of the birds and animals

A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race, a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whether man or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of Creation.

First sentence: The mythologies of the Cheyenne and Sioux, and other peoples who lived on the Great Plains, speak of ancient times when buffaloes had awesome powers, and even ate people.

Year

1985

Language

English

Publisher

Tandem Library

Editions

1

ISBN

9780833567994

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