Some of the Lore/Stories found on this web site came from published collections, (see below) others were provided to me in emails I received and/or letters from friends.
Susan Feldman, The Story Telling Stone (New York: Laurel Book, Published by Dell Publishing, 1965)
John Bierhorst, Myths & Tales of the American Indians, (New York: Indian Head Books, 1976)
Terry Hardin, Legends and Lore of the American Indians, (New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1993)
Lewis Spence, "Myths of the North American Indians" (London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1916)
Adrian G. Gilbert & Maurice M. Cotterell, The Mayan Prophecies, (Great Britain: Element Books, 1995)
Roberta H. Markman & Peter T. Markman, The Flayed God, The Mythology of Mesoamerica, (San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1992)
Richard Erdoes & Alfonso Ortiz, American Indian Myths & Legends, (New York: Pantheon Books, 1984)
Robert Shea, Shaman, A Novel, (New York: Ballantine Books, 1991)
Blackwolf & Gina Jones, Earth Dance Drum: A Celebration of Life, (Salt Lake City: Commune-A-Key Publishing, 1996)
Katharine Berry Judson, From Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest, (Chicago, A. C. McClurg, 1912)
Katharine B. Judson, Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes (Chicago: A. C. McClung, 1914)
Oliver LaM�re and Harold B. Shinn, Winnebago Stories (New York, Chicago: Rand, McNally and Co., 1928)
Kathleen Danker and Felix White, Sr., The Hollow of Echoes (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1978)
Paul Radin, Winnebago Hero Cycles: A Study in Aboriginal Literature (Baltimore: Waverly Press, 1948)
Paul Radin, The Winnebago Tribe (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1990 [1923])
William Lipkind, Winnebago Grammar (New York: King's Crown Press, 1945)
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Fair Use: In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and "transformative" purpose such as to comment upon, criticize or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. See: Stanford University Copyright & Fair Use
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Below are answers to some basic questions about these guidelines:
a. What Is the Difference Between the Guidelines and General Fair Use Principles?
The educational guidelines are similar to a treaty that has been adopted by copyright owners and academics. Under this arrangement, the copyright owners will permit uses that are outlined in the guidelines. In other fair use situations, there are no adopted guidelines and the only way to prove that a use is permitted is to submit the matter to court or arbitration. In other words, in order to avoid lawsuits, the various parties have agreed in these guidelines as to what is permissible for educational uses.
b. What Is an "Educational Use"?
The educational fair use guidelines apply to material used in educational institutions and for educational purposes. Examples of educational institutions include K-12 schools, colleges and universities. Libraries, museums, hospitals and other nonprofit institutions also are considered educational institutions under most educational fair use guidelines when they engage in nonprofit instructional, research, or scholarly activities for educational purposes.
"Educational purposes" means:
- non-commercial instruction or curriculum based teaching by educators to
students at nonprofit educational institutions- planned non-commercial study or investigation directed toward making a
contribution to a field of knowledge, or- presentation of research findings at non-commercial peer conferences,
workshops or seminars.2. Rules for Reproducing Text Materials for Use in Class
The guidelines permit a teacher to make one copy of any of the following: a chapter from a book; an article from a periodical or newspaper; a short story, short essay or short poem; a chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical or newspaper.
Teachers may photocopy articles to hand out in class, but the guidelines impose restrictions. Classroom copying cannot be used to replace texts or workbooks used in the classroom. Pupils cannot be charged more than the actual cost of photocopying. The number of copies cannot exceed more than one copy per pupil. And a notice of copyright must be affixed to each copy.
Examples of what can be copied and distributed in class include:
- a complete poem if less than 250 words or an excerpt of not more than
250 words from a longer poem- a complete article, story or essay if less than 2,500 words, or an
excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10% of the work,
whichever is less; or- one chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture per book or per periodical issue.
Not more than one short poem, article, story, essay or two excerpts may be copied from the same author, nor more than three from the same collective work or periodical volume (for example, a magazine or newspaper) during one class term. As a general rule, a teacher has more freedom to copy from newspapers or other periodicals if the copying is related to current events.
The idea to make the copies must come from the teacher, not from school administrators or other higher authority. Only nine instances of such copying for one course during one school term are permitted. In addition, the idea to make copies and their actual classroom use must be so close together in time that it would be unreasonable to expect a timely reply to a permission request. For example, the instructor finds a newsweekly article on capital punishment two days before presenting a lecture on the subject.
Teachers may not photocopy workbooks, texts, standardized tests or other materials that were created for educational use. The guidelines were not intended to allow teachers to usurp the profits of educational publishers. In other words, educational publishers do not consider it a fair use if the copying provides replacements or substitutes for the purchase of books, reprints, periodicals, tests, workbooks, anthologies, compilations or collective works. See: Stanford University Educational Fair Use Guidelines
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