Description: The oral tradition of the Winnebago, or Ho-Chunk, people ranges from creation myths to Trickster stories and histories of the tribe. It is particularly strong in animal tales, as storyteller and tribal historian David Lee Smith vividly demonstrates in Folklore of the Winnebago Tribe, a collection drawn from the Smithsonian Institution and other sources, including the work of contemporaries. Smith himself contributes fourteen tales.
Brief description:
David Lee Smith served as Director of Indian Studies at Little Priest Tribal College, Winnebago, Nebraska, and as Tribal Historian of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.