This local glossary is a shelf-specific companion to the central Good Works Glossary. It begins with the main rooms and named texts currently visible in the Native American shelf.

Shelf Terms

Haida — A nation-specific room for Haida oral literature from Haida Gwaii, with living language boundaries, narrator-aware attribution, and a complete historical reader whose printed Haida layer covers fourteen of seventy-two units. See Haida and the Haida Glossary. Haida is distinct from Tlingit and the Tsimshianic languages.

Blackfoot Lodge Tales — George Bird Grinnell's 1892 collection of Blackfoot/Blackfeet lodge stories, Old Man cycles, medicine-pipe traditions, customs, and historical notes. See Blackfoot Lodge Tales — George Bird Grinnell.

Myths and Legends of the Sioux — Marie L. McLaughlin's 1916 collection of Sioux stories and legends, including Unktomi stories, peace-pipe memory, animal narratives, and social-moral tales. See Myths and Legends of the Sioux — Marie L. McLaughlin.

Navajo Creation Myth — The Story of the Emergence — A text on the Native American shelf. See Navajo Creation Myth — The Story of the Emergence.

Seneca Indian Myths — A text on the Native American shelf. See Seneca Indian Myths.

The Dine — Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians — A text on the Native American shelf. See The Dine — Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians.

The Iroquois Book of Rites — A text on the Native American shelf. See The Iroquois Book of Rites.

The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees — James Mooney's 1891 study of Cherokee formula manuscripts, medicine, prayer, ritual language, plant use, color symbolism, and ceremonial contexts. See The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees — James Mooney.

The Soul of the Indian — Charles Alexander Eastman's 1911 Native-authored account of Dakota/Lakota religious philosophy, prayer, ceremony, moral discipline, and spirit belief. See The Soul of the Indian — Charles Alexander Eastman.

The Traditions of the Hopi — A text on the Native American shelf. See The Traditions of the Hopi.

Tlingit Myths and Texts — A text on the Native American shelf. See Tlingit Myths and Texts.