Project Gutenberg 2011-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 138 Austin, Mary 1868 1934 Austin, Mary Hunter 10013392 The Basket Woman: A Book of Indian Tales for Children Reading ease score: 82.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. The basket woman: first story -- The basket woman: second story -- The stream that ran away -- The coyote-spirit and the weaving woman -- The cheerful glacier -- The merry-go-round -- The Christmas tree -- The fire bringer -- The crooked fir -- The sugar pine -- The golden fortune -- The white-barked pine -- Na'ÿang-wit'e, the first rabbit drive -- Mahala Joe. Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Basket Woman: A Book of Indian Tales for Children" by Mary Austin is a collection of children's stories likely written in the early 20th century. The tales explore Native American myths and legends, presenting them in a way that connects with the impressions and emotions of a child's mind. Through the character of Alan, the homesteader's son, the stories delve into themes of fear, wonder, and understanding of nature and its spirits. The opening portion introduces readers to Alan and his evolving relationship with the Basket Woman, who represents the Indian myths and traditions. Initially afraid of her, Alan's perspective begins to shift as she takes him on a mystical journey to a valley where his people thrived long ago. The narrative weaves together vivid descriptions of the landscape and the interactions between Alan and the Basket Woman, highlighting themes of cultural understanding, childhood curiosity, and the importance of narratives in bridging identities and experiences. This sets the tone for a series of tales that reflect on the connection between humanity and nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 248248 248265 2024-10-15T06:05:18.377981 2023-09-15T11:26:00.648171 text/html text/html 248899 2011-03-07T09:14:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 492199 2011-03-07T09:17:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 593711 2024-10-15T06:05:26.934902 application/epub+zip 593374 2024-10-15T06:05:22.300920 application/epub+zip 165160 2024-10-15T06:05:20.824961 application/epub+zip 785121 2024-10-15T06:05:30.302847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 755430 2024-10-15T06:05:25.861916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275395 2022-09-16T09:22:03.660635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217966 217867 2024-10-15T06:05:17.526933 2023-09-15T11:26:00.148215 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 217735 2011-03-07T09:14:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 80583 2011-03-07T09:17:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 217749 2011-03-07T09:16:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 80553 2011-03-07T09:17:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21894 2024-10-15T06:05:30.862882 application/rdf+xml 17503 2024-10-15T06:05:21.416898 image/jpeg 3770 2024-10-15T06:05:21.128980 image/jpeg 581433 2024-10-15T06:05:18.421944 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia