Library of Aboriginal American Literature

Library of Aboriginal American Literature ("Library of the literature of the Native American") is a 1882-1890 by the American archaeologist and ethnologist Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837-1899) edited and published collection of works by Native Americans. Eight volumes were published. It is considered to be an important contribution to the science of anthropology in America. Volumes 2 and 4 were edited by Horatio Hale and Albert Samuel Gatschet , respectively .

Overview

• 1 The Maya Chronicles, ed.DG Brinton ( digitized version )
• 2 Iroquois Book of Rites, ed. Horatio Hale ( digitized version )
• 3 The Güegüence, a comedy ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish dialect of Nicaragua, ed.DG Brinton ( digitized )
• 4 A migration legend of the Greek Indians, with introduction by AS Gatschet, Vol. 1 ( digitized version )
• 5 The Lenape and their legends, with text and symbols of the Walam Olim, ed. DG Brinton;
• 6 Annals of the Cakchiquels , ed.DG Brinton ( digitized )
• 7 Ancient Nahuatl poetry, ed.DG Brinton
• 8 Rig Veda Americanus, sacred songs of the ancient Mexicans, ed. DG Brinton