American_Indian_Fairy_Tales

作者：H. R. Schoolcraft

播音：Chip

音频：10

更新：American Indian Fairy Tales.doc

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Withnowrittenlanguage,NativeAmericanslivingintheLakeSuperiorregionpassedtheirculturalidentitydownthroughthegenerationsbywayofstories.Farmorethanmeretalestoamusechildren,theypassedalongthecollectivewisdomofthetribes.Inthe1830s,governmentIndianAgentandethnologistHenryRSchoolcraftlearnedthelanguageofthesepeopleandwentouttocollectandpreservetheirstoriesbeforethetribesdisappearedunderthewestwardrushofAmericancivilization.Thoughthesestorieswererecastaschildren’sfairytalesinthe1920s,theycontainmuchoftheoldwisdomofaculturewhichhaslargelydisappeared……