Title: Songs of the Tewa,
Authors: Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967,; Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, Inc.
Publisher: Pub. under the auspices of the Exposition of Indian tribal arts, inc.,
Year: 1933
Subjects: Indians Poetry; Tewa Indians Poetry.
Contents: An essay on American Indian poetry: Indian and his cosmos -- Place of Indian poetry in the arts -- Reincarnation lullabies -- Guardian spirit songs -- Songs as the instruments of magic -- Trial by poetry -- Love songs -- Death and its mystery -- Vocational songs -- Songs of sequence -- Revivalist verses of the ghost dance religion -- Historical poems approach the epic -- Style in old American literature -- On translating Indian poetry -- Tewa poetry as a typical exhibit -- Songs of the Tewa: Home songs -- Sacred chants and ceremonial songs -- Magic songs and prayers.