Napi Stories

Date
1969-01-06
Authors
First Rider, George
Hellson, John
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Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Centre
Abstract

N.B. the translator notes that the Napi stories in this document are inaccurate and are told in a confusing way.

Consists of an interview about several Napi stories: the story of when men and women first married; the story of how Napi killed all the babies; the story of the lynx and why it looks as it does; the story of why the birch tree looks as it does and why the rectum is black; the story of how Napi lost his sight and the adventures that befell him when he was blind; the story of how the elk lost two of its four eyes; the story of File Runner, Adopted Child and Clot; the story of Napi and the elk skull; and the story of the elks that were playing follow the leader.

Description
24 p. transcript of an interview with George First Rider conducted by John Hellson on January 6, 1969. Tape number IH-AA.011/011A, transcript disc 46.
Keywords
Buffalo -- Hunting of, Clothing and personal adornment -- Pre-European, Hides -- Tanning, Hunting -- Techniques, Spirits -- Napi, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Animal, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Death, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Landscape features, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Marriage, Stories and storytelling -- Treachery and revenge, Stories and storytelling (General) -- Tricksters, Tools -- Making of, Transportation -- Horse, Warfare, Intertribal -- Motives for, Belly Butte, Alberta, Belly River, Alberta, Oldman River, Alberta, Porcupine Tail Hills, Alberta
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