The Oneida Creation Story (Sources of American Indian Oral Literature)
Contributors: Floyd G. Lounsbury (Translator); Bryan Gick (Translator)
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780803267428
Subjects: Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Ethnic or tribal religions; Indigenous peoples; Native American Religions; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Oneida mythology; Social Science; Sociology; Mythology; Multicultural Nonfiction; North America; Folklore; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Spirituality; Folklore & Mythology - Mythology; History / General; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Social Science-Folklore & Mythology - Mythology; Native American Studies; Native American Studies - Spirituality; Native American Studies - Tribes; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Creation; Oneida Indians
Description: "The Oneida Creation Story is the oldest tradition of the Onyota'aka (People of the Standing Stone) and is one of the greatest pieces of oral literature of Native North American. Ancient elements of Iroquoian cosmology are the heart of the saga: Sky-world, the fall of Sky-woman, the creation of Earth upon Turtle's back, and the creation of mankind and early society by the twins.

Various versions have been passed down from generation to generation, but the story has never before been published in the Oneida language. The Oneida Creation Story makes this story available in both Oneida and English for the first time. This special bilingual edition also features earlier translated versions of the Creation Story, a discussion of its cultural and historical contexts by Oneida Indian historian Anthony Wonderley, and lexicons cross-referenced to the story."--BOOK JACKET.