Retelling Trickster in Naapi’s Language 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. 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. Retelling Trickster in Naapi’s Language will be of interest to students and scholars of Native American studies, ethnography, folklore, environmental philosophy, and Indigenous language, literature, and religion.

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Howe, Nimachia

Colorado : University Press of Colorado

United States, United States of America

Louisville, Colorado, 2019

1, PS, 2019

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"An examination of Niitsitapisinii (Blackfoot) origin stories about one of the powerful and unpredictable creators in Niitsitapii consciousness: Naapi. Through in-depth linguistic analysis, Howe reinterprets the earliest references to Naapi, offering an authentic understanding of his identity and the meanings and functions of the stories he appears"--Provided by publisher

Who Is Naapi? : Sign As First Language -- Naapi's Name -- Myth, Legend, And Naapi -- A Different Conceptual Order -- Appendix : Selected Naapi Stories : Person's Face, Meets Women, Lone Pine, Wheel Game, Sliding Place. Nimachia Howe. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.

2023-04-04