Hi all -
I spent some time reading through Adrienne Major's book "Fossil Legends of the
First Americans" recently. It's not too bad, and she nearly spans the two
worlds, but sadly did not realize that the peoples remembered impacts, and thus
failed to entirely grasp simple concepts like uktena and tlanwa.
She also retells the traditions, with her intense interest in fossils coloring
them, and it is tough using her book to locate the originals as they were first
shared. However, that said, its a pretty good book.
In the footnotes we find these two items:
"Besides an interest in fossils, the Pawnees were also keenly aware of
meteorites, which they located and collected after observing their
trajectories. Indeed, the Kansas prairie is one of the best places on Earth to
find meteorites." page 377
"Pawnee priests were concerned with astronomy, while Pawnee doctors dealt with
earth phenomena, such as fossils. page 376
good hunting, everyone,
E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas
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