"Chooch is reluctant about many things. He is reluctant to be a storyteller like the rest of his Cherokee family, and he is reluctant to spend spring break in the small town of Greasy, Oklahoma, with Uncle Dynamite. But Chooch will find out theres more than one way to tell a story"--Back page.
Illustrations and text written in English and the Dogrib language of the native peoples of Canada's Northwest Territories that tells the story of a young boy's dream and return to his caribou life. Includes CD.
Describes how various Indian peoples related and commented on their changing times, explaining how Native American societies transmitted and interpreted their own history.
Explores the relation of the black vernacular tradition to the African-American literary tradition, focusing on the two trickster figures of Esu-Elegbara and the Signifying Monkey, in whose myths are registered certain principles of both formal language use and its interpretation.
Traces the influences of traditional oral forms such as folktales, riddles, idiom, jazz rhythms, spirituals, and blues on the development of African American literature.
Examines modern science as it relates to Native American oral history and exposes the myth of scientific fact, defending Indian mythology as the more truthful account of the history of the earth.
