Bibliograph

Tasunka, a Lakota horse legend, told and illustrated by Donald F. Montileaux ; Lakota translation by Agnes Gay

Type

Label

Tasunka, a Lakota horse legend, told and illustrated by Donald F. Montileaux ; Lakota translation by Agnes Gay

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tasunka

Oclc number

853313622

Responsibility statement

told and illustrated by Donald F. Montileaux ; Lakota translation by Agnes Gay

Sub title

a Lakota horse legend

Summary

The story itself is about how the Lakota people came to have horses... not in recent times, but long ago. A very long time ago. A young Lakota man sees them and spends time away from his village, taming and training them. He brings them to the village, where nobody has seen them before. They learn to use them to make life easier, but they also use them in aggressive actions on other tribes. That is an abuse of them as a gift of the Creator, so they are taken away. Of course, we know they come back... much later, when Europeans arrive

Target audience

juvenile

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