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3) Cuentos: tales from the Hispanic Southwest : based on stories originally collected by Juan B. Rael
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x, 174 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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University of New Mexico bulletin. Language volume 2, no. 3
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28 pages ; 23 cm.
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English
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English
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Ancient Indian history and present Native American cultures are woven together in the Land of Enchantment. The threads of these tales stretch back to Mimbres burial grounds and prehistoric trade routes. Stories and traditions tie the land to its people, in spite of the cycles of slaughter and theft that have threatened to pluck them apart. Descend into the kivas of Chaco Canyon or seek out the high mountains where the clouds mark the stones. From...
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38 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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English
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"Recounts Ponciano's run-in with Vicente Silva and his bandits, who history confirms murdered, stole, and rustled cattle throughout the 1880s. It's the story of a farmer outwitting Silva in a folktale that shapes our understanding of the cultures of northern New Mexico"--
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30 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
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English
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In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arciá and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.
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