Anne M. Smith (1900-1981) was the first woman to receive a doctorate degree from Yale. Author of Ethnography of the Northern Utes (1974), her posthumously edited volume Ute Tales was published in 1992.
"A rich addition to the meager materials available from the
Shoshone oral tradition."
--Books of the Southwest
"Not only a fine collection of traditional stories told by Native
people of the Great Basin bioregion in northern Utah and Nevada, it
is also a testament to perseverance. The well-chosen
black-and-white photos, as well as the names, locations, and
occasional comments of the storytellers, put a unique human face on
the stories in Shoshone Tales. The cooperative efforts at
preservation made by Anne Smith and her collaborators have made
this a readable and precious collection of myths and stories from
the Great Basin region."
--Shaman's Drum
"Opens to our view how folklore nourished and illuminated the inner
life of a people who lived close to the Earth, close to the
ultimate mysteries of nature."--Salt Lake Tribune
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