{"product_id":"retelling-trickster-in-naapis-language-nimachia-howe-9781607329787","title":"Retelling Trickster in Naapi's Language","description":"\u003ci\u003eRetelling Trickster in Naapi's Language\u003c\/i\u003e is an examination of Nitsitapiisinni (Blackfoot) origin stories about one of the most powerful and unpredictable of the early creators in Niitsitapii consciousness and chronology: Naapi. Through in-depth linguistic analysis, Nimachia Howe reinterprets the earliest references to Naapi, offering a more authentic understanding of his identity and of the meanings and functions of the stories in which he appears. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Naapi is commonly and inaccurately categorized by Western scholars as a trickster figure. Research on him is rife with misnomers and repeated misinterpretations, many resulting from untranslatable terms and concepts, comparisons with the binary tenets of \"good\" vs. \"bad,\" and efforts by Niitsitapii storytellers to protect the stories. The five stories included in their entirety in this volume present Naapi's established models of reciprocity, connection, kinship, reincarnation, and offerings, shown in descriptions of, and predictions for, the balance between life and death, the rising and setting of planets, wind directions and forces, and the cyclical nature of animals, birds, plants, glaciers, and rivers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRetelling Trickster in Naapi's Language\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to students and scholars of Native American studies, ethnography, folklore, environmental philosophy, and Indigenous language, literature, and religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nimachia Howe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1607329786\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607329787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Nimachia Howe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46233042747647,"sku":"9781607329787","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfeb79ba-68f9-441e-acc3-7709440dc740.jpg?v=1728991896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/retelling-trickster-in-naapis-language-nimachia-howe-9781607329787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}