Background
Bierhorst, John William was born on September 2, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John William and Sadie Belle (Knott) Bierhorst.
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An overview of Indian music and dance which includes a discussion of their instruments, the structure of their music, and the uses of music in Indian life.
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An ALA Notable Book A story--and history--reaching back thousands of years unfolds in this diverse and unusual collection of Native American poetry, which gathers dozens of works that have been translated from over forty languages. Representing all the best-known Indian peoples of North and South America, In the Trail of the Wind is a cross-cultural anthology--the first of its kind--that brings into focus the similarities between tribes as widely separated as the Sioux and the Aztec, the Cherokee and the ancient Maya. Here we find an array of omens, battle songs, orations, love lyrics, prayers, dreams, and mysteries incantations. Beginning with the origin of the earth and the emergence of humanity, the sequence of poems proceeds through that rituals of birth, love, war, and death to the foreshadowing of the Conquest, the days of despair, and, finally, the apocalyptic visions of a new life. Editor John Bierhorst also offers a detailed Introduction; a richly thorough Notes section on the translators, meanings, contexts, and specific references of these poems; and a complete Glossary of Tribes, Cultures, and Languages. In the Trail of the Wind concludes with a Suggestions for Further Reading page.
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Describes the background of the myths of the Indian cultures of the North American continent, some of which have the same themes as myths of other world cultures.
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An overview of American Indian music and dance which includes a discussion of their instruments, the structure of their music, and the uses of music in Indian life.
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The growing economic and political influence of Native American tribes has brought religious issues, once little noted, increasingly to the fore. Timeless in their basic structures, the continent's principal myths are now emerging as sacred histories that have contemporary significance. In this wide-ranging volume, John Bierhorst carefully delineates eleven mythological regions--from the Arctic to the Southwest and from California to the East Coast--presenting the gods, heroes, and primary myths of each area. First published in 1985, this indispensable guide has been updated to reflect the latest scholarship in Native studies. In a new Afterword, Bierhorst describes the recent impact of ancient myths in the arena of American Indian affairs and shows how Native Americans have successfully used mythology as oral evidence to reclaim land rights and to repatriate grave goods. Citing specific cases, he shows how new legislation and changing attitudes "have provided a basis for bringing myth to the negotiating table and into the courtroom." Detailed maps show tribal locations and the distribution of key stories. Indian artworks illustrate the texts and samples of differing narrative styles add enrichment, as some of the world's purest and most powerful myths are made more accessible--and more meaningful--than ever before.
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Bierhorst, John William was born on September 2, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John William and Sadie Belle (Knott) Bierhorst.
AB, Cornell University, 1958.
Writer-in-residence Woodstock Guild, New York, 1987. Consultant editor Center Inter-American Relations, New York City. Reviewer National Endowment of the Humanities.
Panelist, 1987.
( An ALA Notable Book A story--and history--reaching bac...)
(An overview of American Indian music and dance which incl...)
(Describes the background of the myths of the Indian cultu...)
(An overview of Indian music and dance which includes a di...)
(The growing economic and political influence of Native Am...)
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Member of American Folklore Society, American Anthropological Association.
Married Jane Elizabeth Byers, June 25, 1965.