Tears From the Sea

The Great Wave of  Kanagawa
by
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849)

The Legend of
Mermaid’s Tears

One mermaid so loved a ship's captain that she didn't want to see him end his days in the sea. When the captain lost his footing aboard the ship during a storm and fell overboard, rather than call him to her the mermaid calmed the sea to save him. This was a tragic mistake for her: although mermaids have all the powers of the sea within their grasp they are forbidden by Neptune to use them to interfere in human affairs. As punishment, she was banned to the bottom of the ocean, never again to swim to the surface or see her beloved captain. Her tears are said to come to us as beautiful pieces of glass in stunning, crystallized colours. http://tinyurl.com/72xd22q

Last November I was honored to be the featured teller at Voice Mail, a wonderful, adult storytelling venue produced by Connecticut Storyteller Carolyn Stearns. (Find Voicemail on Facebook by following this link: http://tinyurl.com/88nlj6v .) The last tale I shared was my adaptation of a short story my aunt brought back from her trip to Germany. At the end of the program I passed around a basket filled with pieces of sea glass; I invited everyone to choose one in the hopes they would remember the message of the story long after we parted.

This week, Carolyn sent me a picture of the sea glass she picked that evening, which had been transformed by the gifted hands of her friend into a gorgeous necklace. I am thrilled that one of the stories I shared that evening will now travel with her always in a new form.

 A bit of background information on these gifts from the sea.  

• It is said that it takes a minimum of three years for the waves, sand and tide to wear the broken glass down to the likeness of a raw gem or for a better term, what you now call  beach glass.
• Glass beads have been discovered in Egypt dating back to 2500 B.C.
• Cleopatra favored glass in her jewelry.
• Mythology and the folklore of fishermen and sailors say they are “Mermaid’s Tears”.
• The value of sea glass is greatly determined by color.
• One of the most exciting finds is a piece of red sea glass, “The Ruby” of the sea and very rare. The odds of obtaining such a piece are 1 in 5000.
• Sea glass is frosty, smooth, pitted, and glistening in appearance. This process is most often achieved over decades if not centuries.
• Uncommon colors of sea glass include a type of green. These colors are found once in every 50 to 100 pieces
• Extremely rare colors include gray, pink, teal, black, yellow, turquoise and red.
• Orange is the least common type of sea glass, found once in about 10,000 pieces.

The information above was found at these websites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_glass
http://www.mermaidspurseseaglass.com/lesson-in-sea-glass

STORIES

I was unable to find additional stories about sea glass but I offer you some tales of the sea.

The Great Sea Serpent

http://tinyurl.com/7knlbyy
The Little Mermaid
http://tinyurl.com/7zvo5dz
Sea Gods of Greek Mythology
http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/sea-gods.html
The Sea-Hare - German
http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story135.pdf

The Sea King’s Daughter – Russia
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/032.html
The Sea King’s Gift - Finland
http://www.classicreader.com/book/1088/21/
The Sea-Maiden - Ireland
http://www.authorama.com/celtic-fairy-tales-19.html

Two Legends About the Sea Goddess Mazu (Fujian & Taiwan)
http://tinyurl.com/7stean5
Why the Sea Moans – South America
http://worldoftales.com/South_American_folktales/South_American_Folktale_21.html

These links will lead you to other blog posts I have written about mermaids and other gifts from the sea.

Crustaceans of the Sea
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/08/crustaceans-of-sea.html                                                     
Mermaids –Siren’s of the Sea
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/02/mermaids-sirens-of-sea.html

Trolling for Tales – Fish Stories from Around the World

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/05/trolling-for-tales-fish-stories-from.html
Working the Waterfront – Tales of the Fisherman
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/09/working-waterfront-tales-of-fisherman.html

CURRICULUM

Fairy Tales of the Sea:A Guide for Teachers – Twenty-five fairytales from around the world along with a teacher’s curriculum guide, offering many extension ideas for the classroom.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED200418.pdf
Into the Oceans from National Geographic for grades K-2.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/gk2/doubiletocean.html
Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation Education Program – Lesson Plans for 3-5.
http://www.roseislandlighthouse.org/lesson_plans/recycling_glass.pdf

CRAFTS

Odyssey Sea Glass - Do you like to walk the beach and collect sea glass? Perhaps you don’t live near the ocean so you buy your sea glass at a store. Here are some lovely ideas for crafts you can make with those “gifts from the sea.”
http://www.odysseyseaglass.com/sea-glass-crafts.html#Sea_Glass_Crafts

Sea Glass Planter - http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/sea-glass-planter-craft/

Karen Chace 2012 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Sustaining Your Fire! The Northeast Storytelling Conference

Der Erzahler (The Storyteller)
by Georg Bergmann
(1819 – 1870, German)

We are about to welcome a New Year and that means preparations for the LANES Northeast Storytelling Conference (formerly known as the Sharing the Fire Conference) are rolling along. This year the conference will be in a new location, Albany, New York, on March 16-18, 2012. The hard-working conference committee has assembled some wonderful information on things to do in Albany in case you want to come early or stay late.

Accommodations are at the Ramada Inn and there is a special rate for those attending the conference. Go to this link http://albanyramada.com/home.html for all of the information to reserve your room.

Whether you are a beginning or experienced storyteller, librarian or educator, or a business owner who wants to reach their customers in a unique and personal way this conference is for you! Registration opens January 3, 2012. For a conference overviews go to http://www.lanes.org/main-program-stf-2012.

There will be workshops, story swaps, good food, great stories and wonderful camaraderie. Come and “share the fire!” Here are some stories, books and information to help you do some armchair traveling before you hit the road in March!

STORIES

The Baker’s Dozen – A wonderful folktale retold by Aaron Shepard. This tale is actually set in Albany, New York.
http://www.aaronshep.com/storytelling/GOS07.html

Reader’s Theater: The Baker’s Dozen -This link will lead you to the script on the story.
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE09.html

American Folklore – Thirteen stories hailing for New York.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/ny1.html

Gollywhopper’s Eggs – New England Legend

http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/gollywhoppers_eggs.html

The Algonquin Legends of New England by Charles G. Leland, 1884

http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ne/al/

A Book of New England Legends and Folklore in Prose and Poetry by Samuel Adams Drake, 1901 “…dozens of classics of New England lore that describe the times of witches and seafarers, strange nighttime occurrences and mysterious places.” http://www.archive.org/details/bookofnewengland00dra

Old Paths and Legends of New England: Sauntering Over Historic Roads With Glimpses Of Picturesque Fields And Old Homesteads Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire by by Katharine Mixer Abbott, 1904. While this book doesn’t offer folktales or legends it is filled with historical information and pictures. It will be a very useful research book if you are working on a story set in the New England of long ago. http://tinyurl.com/d8w424p

BLOG

New England Folklore – Wonderful blog filled with interesting posts.

http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/

BOOKS


New England Bean Pot American Folk Stories to Read by Moritz Jagendorf.
http://tinyurl.com/c5l6rd4 

New York State Folktales – Legends and Ballads by Harold William Thompson

http://tinyurl.com/cot3j6r

Miss Mary Mac All Dressed in Black: Tongue Twisters, Jump-Rope Rhymes and Other Children's Lore from New England by Scott E. Hastings
http://tinyurl.com/blex6r9

 
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to Albany we go! Travel tips to make your time on the road or in the sky fly by!
 

Meetways.com - A wonderful tool that allows you to type in two addresses and find the halfway point. http://www.meetways.com/

Packing Tips
http://www.travel-tips.us/packing-tips.htm

Ultimate Guide to Airline Fees – This pdf chart was updated in November of 2011 but make sure to double check before you book your flight.
http://i.slimg.com/sc/sl/graphic/u/ul/ultimate-guide-to-airline-fees.pdf

TSA Travel Tips – Yes, the security check portion of your trip can sometimes feel like a strip search but the more prepared you are, the faster you can put the experience behind you!
http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/311-brochure.pdf

AAA Fuel Cost Calculator – Of course we all know that gasoline prices are fluid (pun intended) but this should give you an idea of your costs for your road trip.
http://fuelcostcalculator.aaa.com/

Pack a Sense of Humor – 10 Tried and True Travel Tips– When all else fails, remember, laughter releases endorphins’ that will help relax you. And who knows, you just might get a great story from it! http://www.trustedadventures.com/news.php?newsID=14

© 2011

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Wisdom, Wit and Wonder - Fabulous Fairy Tales!

The Frog Prince and Other Stories
by Walter Crane, 1874

“Deeper meaning resides in the fairy tales told to me in my childhood than in the truth that is taught by life.”
~ Friedrich von Schiller

Recently, my colleagues and I have been discussing the lasting importance of fairytales amidst the plethora of personal stories on festival stages and  at story slams. Don't misunderstand me, I love a well-told personal tale; I have taken part in story slams and strongly support my local organization, massmouth.org. The current popularity of that genre offers the wonderful benefit of introducing a younger audience to the art of oral tradition. However, more than ever it seems as if the old tales are being relegated back to the nursery and adults assume fairy tales are for children.

In doing a bit of research for this post I came across this wonderful quote:

"Once upon a time, back when animals spoke and rivers sang and every quest was worth going on, back when dragons still roared and maidens were beautiful and an honest young man with a good heart and a great deal of luck could always wind up with a princess and half the kingdom - back then, fairytales were for adults...." Neil Gaiman

It is my hope that one day telling fairytales will be as mainstream and hip as The Moth and its facsimilies around the country. So here is short list of antique books on line, filled with stories. In the new year I will research and post more; the possibilites are endless.

Fairytales contain the wisdom, wit and wonder of the ages. Give them a try and you just might be swept away by story!

A Book of Fairy Tales from Many Places

http://oaks.nvg.org/fairy-book.html

Andrew Lang’s Colored Fairy Tale Books – They’re all here from blue to violet!
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/index.htm

Armenian Fairy Tales - Sixteen interesting folktales from the ancient country of Armenia.http://www.armeniaemb.org/Kids/ArmenianFairyTales/index.htm

Beauty and the Beast by
Warwick Goble, 1923

Canadian Wonder Tales by Cyrus MacMillian
http://tinyurl.com/6un85nh

Celtic Fairy Tales
http://tinyurl.com/6o7ksrx

Czechoslovak Fairy Tales – Seventeen stories from the Baldwin Project.
http://tinyurl.com/87nv9hh

Fairy Tales by Howard Pyle, 1903.

http://tinyurl.com/6smvnr7

Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights by E. Dixon, 1893.

http://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/Dixon/dixon01_main.htm

Fairy Tales from Many Lands by Katharine Pyle, 1911. The Evil One Who Married Three Sisters, The Seven Golden Pea Hens and other unique stories are found within.
http://www.archive.org/details/fairytalesfromma00pyle

Fairy Tales and Folktales of the Irish Peasantry - Edited by W. B. Yeats and published in 1888 the stories are here to enjoy, courtesy of Sacred Texts. Revel in tales of the Merrow, Changelings, Pookas, Fairies and Banshees, Saints, Priests, Giants and Devils, Kings, Queens, Earls and Robbers; Yeats covers them all!
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/fip/

Fairies at the Cradle
by Warwick Goble

Grimm’s Fairytales – 209 tales by the Brothers Grimm.

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/

Indian Fairytales by Joseph Jacobs, 1912. It offers twenty-nine tales from Eastern India and gorgeous illustrations to complement each story. http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/ift/index.htm

Japanese Fairy Tales by Teresa Peirce Williston, 1911

http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/jft2/index.htm  

Pepper and Salt – Literary Fairy Tales by Howard Pyle, 1885
http://tinyurl.com/7y6momu
      

Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends by Mrs. E. B. Mawr, 1881.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/rft/

Russian Fairy Tales - The site shares twenty-one fairytales. Most offer both a short and long version, for those who want more details.
http://tinyurl.com/6blpls

Slovak National Fairy Tales - A Tribute to Pavol Dobšinský (Dobsinsky) -Interesting background information on the writer who created the largest collection of Slovak folktales. It also offers insight into the Slovak heritage and presents fourteen folktales.
http://www.geocities.com/slovaktales/index.htm

The Junior Classics (Volume One: Fairy and Wonder Tales) edited by William Patten.http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext02/1jrc110.txt

The Magic Ring and Other Oriental Fairy Tales by James Miller, 1861.
http://www.archive.org/details/magicringotheror00bobbiala

The Wonder Clock – Literary Fairy Tales by Howard Pyle, 1887.

http://tinyurl.com/7mswtce

There’s Magic in Fairy Tales – My blog celebrating the birthday of Harry Houdini from March of 2011. There are fairy tales filled with magic, crafts, curriculum and a fairy tale story stretch I wrote as well.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/03/theres-magic-in-fairy-tales.html

Wonder Tales from Baltic Wizards by Frances Olcott, 1928.

http://tinyurl.com/7ck8x2v

If you missed the previous blog posts of public domain story collections go to:

• http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/05/public-domain-folktales-myths-legends.html
• http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/06/public-domain-ii-folktales-myths-and.html
• http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/09/public-domain-iii-folktales-fairy-tales.html
• http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2011/10/public-domain-iv-folktales-fairytales.html

Karen Chace 2011 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

'Tis the Season - Christmas Stories From Around the World

“Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”
~ Author unknown, attributed to a 7-year-old named Bobby

The Christmas holiday is just around the corner and it's time to add some fun, facts and mirth to your day, and stories to your repertoire!

A bit of background on the man in the red suit; he is known by a variety of names around the world. Whether you call him Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus or Sinterklaas, may you feel the magic he brings to the season and surrounded by those you love.

• In Holland, Santa Claus is known as Sinterklaas tradition.
• In Spain, every year Santa Claus comes by steamboat.
• In the United States Santa Claus is described as a plump, cheerful, white-bearded man wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, red trousers and white-cuffed, and a black leather belt and boots (picture of himself rarely has a beard with no mustache)
• Santa Claus as we know him in the United States and Canada became popular in the 19^th century.
• In the UK and Europe, he is usually called Father Christmas.
• The real Santa Claus, also known as St. Nicholas, was born in Turkey and was buried in the city of Bari, Southern Italy.
• It is said he was born at Patara in Lycia, a province of Asia Minor and was known for his extraordinary devoutness, passion and many astonishing miracles. He died at Myra, and was buried in his cathedral.
  The above details came from the following website:
  http://www.legendsbreakfast.com/the-history-of-santa-claus-and-christmas (This site is no longer in service.)

STORIES

A Gift from St. Nicholas – United States
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/08/a_gift_from_saint_nicholas.html

A Small Fish Story – Ireland
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/small-fish-story/

The Baker’s Dozen – United States

http://www.aaronshep.com/storytelling/GOS07.html

The Cat of the Dovrefell - Norway

https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Norwegian_folktale_14.html#gsc.tab=0

The Children’s Book of Christmas Stories – Thirty-five stories, published in 1913 by Elizabeth Harrison. “In this book you'll find stories by such well known authors as Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Anderson. You'll also find stories by author's you've never heard of, but relax and know that every story represented here has been read and enjoyed by thousands of children.”
https://archive.org/stream/thechildrensbook05061gut/cbcst10.txt

Christmas in Legend and Story – Public domain book published in 1915 by Elva Sophronia Smith containing forty stories of the season.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11014

The Christmas Cuckoo - Ireland
https://mythologystories.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/the-christmas-cuckoo/

The Christmas Fairy of Strasburg – Germany
https://kraftmstr.com/christmas/books/gs-christmas_fairy.html   

The Christmas Orange – England   
https://spellbinders.org/the-christmas-orange/

Elijah the Prophet and St. Nicolas – Russia
https://surlalunefairytales.com/book.php?id=124&tale=4101

The Icon’s Warm Bread – Greece
http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/icons-warm-bread/

My Merry Christmas.com - “Christmas has ancient roots in many societies. The passage of time has perpetuated tales of legend surrounding the very icons we treasure these days during the season.” Enjoy fifteen legends associated with the holiday. Note: Unfortunately, the page is no longer active on the website. However, it may still be accessed via this link via the Wayback Machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/20060205011209/http://mymerrychristmas.com/2005/christmaslegends.php

The Silver Pinecones – Bohemia – My blog post from 2009 with the story and a few complementary crafts.
https://karenchace.blogspot.com/2009/12/the-silver-cones-christmas-tale.html

World of Christmas

Twenty-two tales to delight and share with your audiences. The site also offers information on Christmas symbols and superstitions and a plethora of all things Christmas piled high under their tree.

http://www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-stories/

CRAFTS

Paper Bag Reindeer Puppet – http://tinyurl.com/39yppmg

Paper Plate Poinsettia - http://tinyurl.com/39jmkws

Christmas Crafts and Printables - http://tinyurl.com/yxwong

Holiday Origami - Spice up your holiday stories with two easy to do origami folds; a star and a Christmas tree:
http://www.planetpals.com/ppcraft2.html
http://www.tammyyee.com/origamitree.html

GAMES 

World of Christmas – This link will lead you to a wide variety of games to entertain the children throughout the holiday. 
http://tinyurl.com/ykcoxud

MUSIC

The Hymns and Carols of Christmas -The site offers downloadable midi files, some sheet music and also highlights the poetry of the Christmas season.  http://tinyurl.com/ygmnjv

SOMETHING EXTRA

Christmas At Sea – Interesting historical information about how the sea is connected to the season.
https://mymerrychristmas.com/x/christmas-at-sea/  

Karen Chace 2011 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Native American Heritage Month

Sioux Woman
by Edward Curtis, 1907

 “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”  ~ Dakota


November is Native American Heritage Month. I offer you some information and sites to further your knowledge of the traditions, cultural and stories of the first Americans.

• One of the proponents of American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y.
• The Boy Scouts of America were the first to set aside a day for the “First Americans.”
• In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association formally adopted a plan concerning American Indian Day. Their president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe called upon the country to observe such a day.
• September 28, 1915 – President Coolidge issue proclamation, declaring the second Saturday of each May as American Indian Day.
• December 14, 1915 – Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian presented endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House.
• 1990 President George H.W. Bush designated November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.”

STORIES

American Indian Fairy Tales by Margaret Compton, 1907

http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ait/index.htm

Canku Ota (Many Paths) – A wonderful variety of stories from many nations.

http://www.turtletrack.org/CO_Indices/CO_Index_Story.htm

The Encyclopedia of Hotcâk (Winnebago) Mythology -The most comprehensive site I have found on Native American folktales. "The encyclopædic account of Hotcâk mythology, legend, and folklore is the outgrowth of a project begun many years ago under the auspices of Prof. John Ingham of the University of Minnesota Anthropology Department." There is an extensive index of stories by subject matter, myths, maps, and legends.

http://hotcakencyclopedia.com/

Indian Country Wisconsin - A project of the Milwaukee Public Museum designed to assist teachers in the culture, history, sovereignty, and treaty rights of Wisconsin Indian Tribes.http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-03.html
The Oral Tradition link at http://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-14.html offers a drop down menu at the bottom of the page, which leads you to a seven sections of stories divided by tribes.

Indian Why Stories – Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge-Fire – Twenty-two stories collected by Frank B. Linderman, 1915.
http://tinyurl.com/63sovcu

Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest - From the “Beginning of Newness” to “The Spirit Land” you will be entranced by the stories found within these cyber pages offered by Project Gutenburg.
http://tinyurl.com/28v9f8

Copyright information: http://tinyurl.com/5salndb

Myths and Legends of the Sioux - From the University of Virginia library and author Marie McLaughlin, thirty-eight stories of the Sioux.  http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MclMyth.html

Myths and Legends for American Indian Youth - An extensive list of Native American tales from various tribes that "represent large themes of human existence: where we came from, how we should live, reconciliation to the tragedies of life. There are smaller stories: teaching, humorous, answering "Why?" questions about natural phenomena and behavior."

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/myths.html

Native Languages of the Americas: Wampanoag Indian Legends - Moshup the Giant, Squanto the Sea Monster and more. There are also additional links and resources to help you learn more about this Indian nation. 

http://tinyurl.com/l5tx8x

CRAFTS

Artsedge - Students discuss the process of storytelling and listening to stories. Then, they create a listening doll in the tradition of the Native American storyteller dolls.

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-3-4/Listening_Doll.aspx

Enchanted Learning – Native American Crafts for Kids

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/indian/

CURRICULUM

Digital History: The First Americans - “One of history's most important tasks is to identify myths and misconceptions and correct them. This is especially important in the study of the Indian peoples of North America. Many textbooks still begin their treatment of American history with the European "discovery" of the New World--largely ignoring the first Americans, who crossed into the New World from Asia and established rich and diverse cultures in America centuries before Columbus's arrival.”

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=657

Mr. Donn.org – A wide variety of lessons plans on Native American nations.

http://www.mrdonn.org/nativeamericans.html

Native American Cultures – “Experience traditional Native American culture through dance, music and visual arts. Watch Native Pride the eagle and hoop dances, trace the life of a Navajo weaver, learn how Keith Bear makes a flute, and meet fancy dancers Larry and Jessup Yazzie.”

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/themes/native-american-cultures.aspx

Native American Misconceptions
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2214.shtml

MUSIC

The Path on the Rainbow: An Anthology of Songs and Chants from the Indians of North America. Edited by George W. Cronyn, 1918.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/por/index.htm

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Library of Congress - "The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans" by providing links to material on Native Americans. Features links to collections and exhibitions, historic places, images, audio and video sources, and related material. http://www.loc.gov/topics/nativeamericans/
Copyright: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27123

Storybug.net - My blog post from 2009

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2009/10/november-brings-my-favorite-holiday.html

This blog post was painstakingly researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my newsletter via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.