How mockingbirds are
Subtitle: O'odham ritual orations
By: Donald Bahr
Series: North American native peoples, past and present
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781438435251
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The O'odham mockingbird texts, the background, and the argument; title: The origin stories behind the wine drinks; title: The ceremonies; title: The speeches; title: The mockingbird, big talker or rain doctor?; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Appendix 1: Two non-O'odham stories for comparison; title: Appendix 2: Vanyiko's matches for all of the portions of Thin Leather's speech; title: Appendix 3: Chart of the texts; orations and stories.