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Miami Indian Stories

Name: Miami Indian Stories
ISBN: 9781779794383

Clarence Godfroy,

Kathryn Fulwider,

Martha Una McClurg,

English
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Miami Indian Stories

Clarence Godfroy,

Kathryn Fulwider,

Martha Una McClurg,

About this book

Miami Indian Stories by Clarence Godfroy is a rare and invaluable collection of traditional tales, legends, and historical memories from the Miami Nation — preserving the voices, humor, and wisdom of a people whose oral traditions once echoed along the forests and rivers of the American Midwest. Drawing from family heritage and community elders, Godfroy — himself of Miami descent — recorded these stories in the early twentieth century as part of a lifelong effort to safeguard the cultural legacy of his ancestors.

Within these pages live the spirits of the old tales: the trickster and the hunter, the wise elder and the daring youth, the animal helpers and the moral lessons that shaped a community's understanding of the world. Through simple, direct storytelling, Godfroy conveys not only the myths themselves but also the worldview they embody — one grounded in respect for nature, courage in adversity, and the unity of all living things.

But Miami Indian Stories is more than folklore; it is cultural survival in written form. Published at a time when Native languages and traditions were under pressure from assimilation, Godfroy's work stands as an act of preservation and pride. His stories capture a vanishing oral world, ensuring that the Miami identity — its humor, spirituality, and moral insight — would endure for future generations.

Today, this collection remains a cornerstone in the study of Native American storytelling and Midwestern Indigenous history — a testament to one man's devotion to keeping the ancestral flame alive through the power of story.

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