Prologue: the snail's clues -- Cultural patterns in Native American folklore: an introduction -- Visual patterns of performance: arts -- Kinetic patterns of performance: dance -- Oral patterns of performance: story and song -- Patterns and themes in Native humor -- Cultural patterns of discovery -- Epilogue: "gleaning" and the active audience

1. Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Folklore
2. Folklore -- Performance -- West (U.S.)
3. Folklore -- West (U.S.) -- Classification
4. Oral tradition -- West (U.S.)
5. Electronic books.