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The Ten Grandmothers : Epic of the Kiowas
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The Ten Grandmothers : Epic of the Kiowas Paperback - 1983

by Marriott, Alice

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University of Oklahoma Press, 1983. 306pp. Trade paperback, light surface rubbing, VG, no names or markings, Kiowa calendars, bibliography, map, custom of certain tribes of Indians of the Great Plains to keep a 'winter count,'or calendar, of important events. Each year an officially designated scribe or historian of the tribe inscribed on aspecially selected and prepared buffalo hide a colored pictograph commemorating the most noteworthy event of the year-the happening or circumstance for which the year would be remembered in the oral literature and traditions of the tribe, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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  • Title The Ten Grandmothers : Epic of the Kiowas
  • Author Marriott, Alice
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK
  • Date 1983
  • Bookseller's Inventory # w230932733
  • ISBN 9780806118253 / 0806118253
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.54 x 5.4 x 0.93 in (21.69 x 13.72 x 2.36 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 45001584
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.004

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THERE WAS NEVER MUCH STIR IN THE KIOWA CAMP BEFORE war parties set out.

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