TALES OF THE NIMIPOO: From the Land of the Nez Perce Indians

by Eleanor B. Heady ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 1970

Encountering ""forests, green meadows, deep canyons"" you know you're nowhere in particular and ""the proud heritage of a romantic past"" is the tip-off--to be confirmed by the stories--that the Nimipoo have contributed the plots and lost their identity. Before ""The Sun, the Moon and the Stars"" the ""creatures who lived upon (the earth) had a very hard time doing anything because they could not see"" and the children of the chief in heaven ""didn't like it any more than the animal people on earth."" Proof of how prosaic you can get, however, is ""The Fog"" engendered by young Support of the Sun's ""I hate to go home wearing wet clothes"" (whereupon her brother starts a fire and they steam). Further along, a plucked eagle frets ""Now everyone will call me 'Baldy'"" and ltsayaya the coyote reprimands Kilosk the otter with ""that will be quite enough."" It should be.

Pub Date: May 1, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: World

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1970

Categories: NONFICTION