According to the Foreword: "In publishing these "Myths of the Sioux," I deem it proper to state that I am of one-fourth Sioux blood. My maternal grandfather, Captain Duncan Graham, a Scotchman by birth, who had seen service in the British Army, was one of a party of Scotch Highlanders who in 1811 arrived in the British Northwest by way of York Factory, Hudson Bay, to found what was known as the Selkirk Colony, near Lake Winnipeg, now within the province of Manitoba, Canada. Soon after his ...

Marie McLaughlin, a 19th century American author of Sioux descent, compiled this collection of Sioux tales told to her from fellow members of her tribe.

The timid rabbit who outwits the tyrannical bear, the wonderful turtle who marries the Indian chief's daughter, the pet crane who saves a family—these and many other legendary figures appear in Myths and Legends of the Sioux. Marie L. McLaughlin, born to a white father and a mixed-blood Sioux mother, heard these stories while growing up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota. When she recorded them for posterity in 1916 she had long been the wife of James McLaughlin, whom she served as inter...

The timid rabbit who outwits the tyrannical bear, the wonderful turtle who marries the Indian chief's daughter, the pet crane who saves a family—these and many other legendary figures appear in Myths and Legends of the Sioux. Marie L. McLaughlin, born to a white father and a mixed-blood Sioux mother, heard these stories while growing up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota. When she recorded them for posterity in 1916 she had long been the wife of James McLaughlin, whom she served...

"Myths and Legends of the Sioux" authored by Mrs. Marie L. McLaughlin is a remarkable compilation that delves into the spiritual and cultural universe of the Sioux Native American tribe. Marie L. McLaughlin, an accomplished ethnographer and folklorist, gives a compilation of narratives which shed light on the tribe's beliefs, history, and worldview. With vivid storytelling, McLaughlin digs into a wide spectrum of myths and legends, from creation stories to tales of heroic persons, spirits,...

Myths and Legends of the Sioux, by Mrs. Marie L. Mclaughlin.

In their introduction to this anthology, James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin remind us that "no area of the past is dead if we are alive to it. The variety, the complexity, the sheer humanity of the middle ages live most meaningfully in their own authentic voices." The Portable Medieval Reader assembles an entire chorus of those voices—of kings, warriors, prelates, merchants, artisans, chroniclers, and scholars—that together convey a lively, intimate impression of ...

Unraveled Intimacies will take you into the landscape of four women's stories: "All the Boys" by Paula Gillison, "The Art of Leaving" by Mary Jo McLaughlin, "a map on the heart like a scar from a knife" by Lisa Loving, and "Unaffiliated" by Sema Wray. Within these brave, true, and unzipped narratives, you will find women with sass, bootys and unholy motives who journey through bad boys and even worse men; pastel chicks and mother assassins, how tenderly we care for even wounded abusers; no...

A story of magic and triumph over hardship, with a shocking ending. At 6300 words, this story is a perfect short read. Marlys, excited about being accepted as an apprentice sorceress, is astonished to find that the other apprentices bully her mercilessly. No matter how hard she tries, no matter what she does, she isn’t good enough. Worse, no one seems interested in teaching her sorcery. Can she become a sorceress despite this, and, if given the chance for revenge, will she take it?

Break free and lead the market with the roadmap to DisruptionThe Ways to New gives you a blueprint for innovation, helping you dig your organization out of the quicksand and get on the fast track to growth. Author Jean-Marie Dru is the originator the Disruption methodology, which he shares here; he is also an international authority on breaking the mold and leading the market, and this audiobook is his guide to making it happen. Too many companies are too slow with innovation. They ...

This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level. While over the years women have broken through traditional roles, they are still underrepresented in political leadership. In this text, scholars consider the various factors that continue to restrict political leadership opportunities for women as well as some of the ways in which individual women have stra...

Since the adoption of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, the document has become a contested symbol of contrasting visions of Japan. Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume which examines the history of Japan’s constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, the history and variety of activism, and activists’ ties to party politics and to fellow activists overseas.