The Sun Came Down: The History of the World as My Blackfeet Elders Told It

by Percy Bullchild

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At the age of sixty-seven, Percy Bullchild (1915-1986), a Blackfeet Indian from Browning, Montana, with little formal education in English, set out to put the oral traditions and history of his people into a permanent written record. He regarded this undertaking--to "write the Indian version of our own true ways in our history and legends," as he puts it--as both a corrective and an instructive tool. Bullchild culled this remarkable collection of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803262507

ISBN13:9780803262508

Release Date:October 2005

Publisher:Bison Books

Length:392 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Folklore & Mythology Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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