Engages Native American tales and legends as literary art and part of our collective imaginative heritage. Moves from origin and trickster narratives and Indian ceremonial texts into interpretations of stories from the Nez Perce, Clackamas Chinook, Coos, Wasco, and Tillamook repertories, concluding with a set of essays on the neglected subject of Native literary responses to contact with Euroamericans. First published in 1983. This revised edition includes four new essays. The author is a professor of English at the University of Rochester. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)