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Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend
Donald F. Montileaux
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Description for Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend
Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 11. Weight in Grams: 522.
Curiosity leads a young warrior to track a new animal. It leads him far from home, but at last he finds a herd of the strange new creatures. They are horses that shimmer with colour and run swift as the wind. The Lakota capture and tame them, and the people grow rich and powerful. They become filled with pride. With their newfound strength they rule over the plains. Then the Great Spirit, who gave the gift of the horse, takes it away. Donald F. Montileaux retells the legend of Tasunka from the traditional stories of the Lakota people. Using ... Read more
Curiosity leads a young warrior to track a new animal. It leads him far from home, but at last he finds a herd of the strange new creatures. They are horses that shimmer with colour and run swift as the wind. The Lakota capture and tame them, and the people grow rich and powerful. They become filled with pride. With their newfound strength they rule over the plains. Then the Great Spirit, who gave the gift of the horse, takes it away. Donald F. Montileaux retells the legend of Tasunka from the traditional stories of the Lakota people. Using ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
South Dakota Historical Society Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
Pierre, United States
ISBN
9780985290528
SKU
V9780985290528
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-35
About Donald F. Montileaux
Donald F. Montileaux is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. An award-winning artist, illustrator, presenter, and consultant on Lakota culture, he uses his art to tell traditional Lakota stories. Montileaux lives in Rapid City, South Dakota, with his family. Agnes Gay is the assistant archivist at Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, South Dakota.
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