In the trailf of the wind : American Indian Poems and Ritual operations / Edited by John Bierhorst.
Contributor(s): Biehorst John [editor].
Material type:
BookToronto, Canada : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux , ©1971Edition: 1st edition.Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: ISBN 0374336407.Subject(s): Indian poetry -- Translations into English -- North AmericaDDC Call Number: C 897 | T681b 1971 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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APEC Dasmarinas Library Circulation | C 897 T681b 1971 (Browse shelf) | Available | B03-0000004 |
Then he descended --
Song of creation --
This newly created world --
Thus it is told --
He wove the strands of our life --
First man was the first to emerge --
Emergence song --
They stooped over and came out --
Upward going! --
The Cussitaws come east --
Over the water --
Now we come southwards --
It was the wind --
Breathe on him --
The wind blows from the sea --
Wind song --
That wind --
THe dreamer rides the whirlwind --
Beseeching the breath --
Prayer; Inca --
Prayer; Aztec --
Prayer; Crow --
Prayer; Sioux --
Prayer; Auaucanian --
Prayer; Navajo --
Prayer; Winnebego --
Prayer; Quiche --
Prayer; Iroquois --
With refoicing mouth --
Aqalani! --
Grandeur of Mexico --
Song --
The face of my mountains --
That mountain far away --
House blessing --
The lands around my dwelling --
Song --
Black-tailed deer song --
Song of the hunter --
Song of the deer --
Song of the fallen deer --
War songs --
War song --
Song of reproach --
Song of encouragement --
Hymn --
How the days will be --
The taking of life brings serious thoughts --
Magic formula to make an enemy peaceful --
Behold, this pipe --
I pass the pipe --
To a woman loved --
Love song --
Love song --
I cannot forget you --
Magic formula to fix a bride's affection --
Love song --
Song of a Chief's daughter --
A woman's complaint --
A husband's song --
Love song of a young man --
Friendship --
The being without a face --
Not forever on earth --
The moon and the year --
Charms --
Spirits --
We spirits dance --
Death of a sister --
Wailing song --
Magic formula to destroy life --
Death of a son --
You and I shall go --
And yet the earth remains unchanged --
Supplication to the rain god and the spirit god --
Cover my earth mother --
In the night --
Offering --
My breath became --
Butterfly song --
Songs of birds --
Words spoken by a mother to her newborn son --
As she cuts the umbilical cord --
Presenting an infant to the sun --
Songs in the garden of the house god --
Song --
The great sea --
Dream song; Wintu --
Dream song; Chippewa --
The song of a dream --
At night may I roam --
Dream song; Papago --
Dream song; Chippewa --
Is this real. In the great night --
Dream song; Wintu --
Song --
Omen --
Prophecy; Iroquois --
Prophecy; Maya --
Who are they? --
I gave them fruits --
The weeping spreads --
They came from the east --
The beginning of sickness --
Plague --
Magic formula against disease --
The surrender speech of Cuauhtemoc --
The surrender speech of Chief Joseph --
On the death of Atahualpa --
The ghost of caupolican --
Curse on people that wish on ill --
We are living humbly --
At the wood's edge --
Requickening --
Magic formula --
Song --
The day has risen --
There! --
Come all! --
They shall not wither --
They will appear --
You shall live --
Song of the ghost dance; Cheyenne --
Songs of the ghost dance; Paiute --
Songs of the ghost dance; Comanche.
An anthology of native American poetry from both North and South America.


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