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<p><br>until The Late Eighteenth Century The Arikaras Were One Of The Largest And Most Influential Indian Groups On The Northern Plains. For Centuries They Have Lived Along The Missouri River, First In Present South Dakota, Later In What Is Now North Dakota. Today They Share The Fort Berthold Indian Reservation In North Dakota With The Mandans And Hidatsas. Although Their Postcontact History And Aspects Of Their Culture Are Well Documented, Douglas R. Parks's Monumental Four-volume Work Traditional Narratives Of The Arikara Indians Represents The First Comprehensive Attempt To Describe And Record Their Language And Literary Traditions. <p>volumes 1 And 2 Present Transcriptions Of 156 Oral Narratives In Arikara And Include Literal Interlinear English Translations. Volumes 3 And 4 Contain Free English Translations Of Those Narratives, Making Available For The First Time A Broad, Representative Group Of Arikara Oral Traditions That Will Be Invaluable Not Only To Anthropologists And Folklorists But To Everyone Interested In American Indian Life And Literature.</p><p>the Narratives Cover The Entire Range Of Traditional Stories Found In The Historical And Literary Tradition Of The Arikar
- Author
- Douglas R Parks; Alfred Morsette; Indiana University, Bloomington American Indian Studies Research Institute
- Publisher
- Published by the University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University; Univ of Nebraska Pr; Brand: Univ of Nebraska Pr
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803236950
- Subjects
- Folklore, History, Sociology
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