"That's What They Used to Say": Reflections on American Indian Oral Traditions

by Donald L. Fixico

Book Overview

As a child growing up in rural Oklahoma, Donald Fixico often heard "hvmakimata"-"that's what they used to say"-a phrase Mvskoke Creeks and Seminoles use to end stories. In his latest work, Fixico, who is Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Mvskoke Creek, and Seminole, invites readers into his own oral tradition to learn how storytelling, legends and prophecies, and oral histories and creation myths knit together to explain the Indian world.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806193034
• ISBN13: 9780806193038
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"