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Native American Verbal Art
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: William M. Clements
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-12 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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For more than four centuries, Europeans and Euroamericans have been making written records of the spoken words of American Indians. While some commentators have
Oratory in Native North America
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: William M. Clements
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-07 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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In Euroamerican annals of contact with Native Americans, Indians have consistently been portrayed as master orators who demonstrate natural eloquence during tre
Verbal Art in San Blas
Language: en
Pages: 302
Authors: Joel Sherzer
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book represents the complete range of verbal performances in a single Native American society.
The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America
Language: en
Pages: 769
Authors: Carmen Dagostino
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-09-04 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This handbook provides broad coverage of the languages indigenous to North America, with special focus on typologically interesting features and areal character
North American Indian Art
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: David W. Penney
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson

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Artistic traditions of indigenous North America are explored in a study that draws on the testimonies of oral tradition, Native American history, and North Amer