Myths and legends of the Pacific Northwest
By: selected by Katharine Berry Judson ; introduction to the Bison books edition by Jay Miller.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America -- Folklore; Indian mythology -- Northwest Coast of North America; Legends -- Northwest Coast of North America
Description: "These collected myths and tales of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest - the Klamath, Nez Perce, Tillamook, Modoc, Shastan, Chinook, Flathead, Clatsop, and other tribes - were first published in 1910.

Here are their stories concerning the creation of the universe, the theft of fire and daylight, the death and rebirth of salmon, and, especially, the formation of such geographical features as The Dalles, the Columbia River, the Yukon River, and Mounts Shasta, Hood, Rainier, Baker, and Adams."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Originally published: Chicago : A.C. McClurg, 1910.