American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other

Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother, refuses to be caged by married and domestic life and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Kate Chopin shows Edna's transformation-and its tragic consequences. This unique volume also includes some of Chopin's finest stories, among them "At the 'Cadian Ball" and "Désirée's Baby." Edited with an Introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert

Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was born in St. Louis. She moved to Louisiana where she wrote two novels and numerous stories. Because The Awakening was widely condemned, publication of Chopin's third story collection was cancelled. The Awakening was rediscovered by scholars in the 1960s and 1970s and is her best-known work.

Sandra M. Gilbert teaches at the University of California, Davis.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

xi

Suggestions for Further Reading

xxxvii

Chronology

xli

A Note on the Texts

xlv

Old Indian Legends

Preface

5

(2)

Iktomi and the Ducks

7

(6)

Iktomi's Blanket

13

(3)

Iktomi and the Muskrat

16

(3)

Iktomi and the Coyote

19

(3)

Iktomi and the Fawn

22

(5)

The Badger and the Bear

27

(6)

The Tree-Bound

33

(6)

Shooting of the Red Eagle

39

(3)

Iktomi and the Turtle

42

(3)

Dance in a Buffalo Skull

45

(2)

The Toad and the Boy

47

(4)

Iya, the Camp-Eater

51

(5)

Manstin, the Rabbit

56

(5)

The Warlike Seven

61

(7)

American Indian Stories

Impressions of an Indian Childhood

68

(19)

The School Days of an Indian Girl

87

(17)

An Indian Teacher Among Indians

104

(10)

The Great Spirit

114

(4)

The Soft-Hearted Sioux

118

(9)

The Trial Path

127

(5)

A Warrior's Daughter

132

(9)

A Dream of Her Grandfather

141

(2)

The Widespread Enigma Concerning Blue-Star Woman

143

(12)

America's Indian Problem

155

(9)

Selections from American Indian Magazine

The Indian's Awakening (January-March 1916)

164

(4)

A Year's Experience in Community Service Work Among the Ute Tribe of Indians (October-December 1916)

168

(5)

The Red Man's America (January-March 1917)

173

(2)

Chipeta, Widow of Chief Ouray with a Word About a Deal in Blankets (July-September 1917)

175

(4)

A Sioux Woman's Love for Her Grandchild (October-December 1917)

179

(2)

Editorial Comment (July-September 1918)

181

(3)

Indian Gifts to Civilized Man (July-September 1918)

184

(3)

Secretary's Report in Brief (July-September 1918)

187

(4)

Editorial Comment (Winter 1919)

191

(2)

America, Home of the Red Man (Winter 1919)

193

(3)

The Coronation of Chief Powhatan Retold (Winter 1919)

196

(3)

Letter to the Chiefs and Headmen of the Tribes (Winter 1919)

199

(2)

Editorial Comment (Spring 1919)

201

(6)

Editorial Comment (Summer 1919)

207

(5)

An Indian Praying on the Hilltop (Spring 1919)

212

(1)

Address by the Secretary-Treasurer, Society of American Indians Annual Convention (Summer 1919)

213

(9)

Poetry, Pamphlets, Essays, and Speeches

Side by Side (March 1896)

222

(5)

A Ballad (January 1897)

227

(7)

Iris of Life (November 1898)

234

(1)

A Protest Against the Abolition of the Indian Dance (August 1902)

235

(4)

The Menace of Peyote (ca. 1916)

239

(3)

Americanize the First American (1921)

242

(3)

Bureaucracy Versus Democracy (1921)

245

(2)

A Dakota Ode to Washington (1922)

247

(3)

California Indian Trails and Prayer Trees (1922)

250

(4)

Lost Treaties of the California Indians (1922)

254

(4)

The California Indians of Today (1922)

258

(3)

Heart to Heart Talk (1922)

261

(4)

Explanatory Notes

265

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American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings

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