Author: Jeremiah Curtin<br />File Type: pdf<br />The remarkably accurate original translations of Native American myths from one of 19th-century Americas foremost linguists. Introduction by scholar Karl Kroeber offers new insight into the significance of Curtins collection for understanding the creation myth system of Native America Contains original translations of the system of creation myths as told to Curtin by members of the Yana and Wintu tribes**About the Author Karl Kroeber is a Mellon Professor in the humanities in the Department of English at Columbia University, New York, NY.