{"product_id":"old-turtle","title":"Old Turtle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Indian Legends\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of Dakota legends, retold by the 19th and early 20th-century Dakota author \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/standardebooks.org\/ebooks\/zitkala-sa\"\u003eZitkála-Šá\u003c\/a\u003e. The collection was compiled in 1901 when Zitkála-Šá returned to her birthplace in the Yankton reservation to take care of her mother, after she had spent several years in the assimilationist Indian residential school system, both as a student and as an educator. While taking care of her mother, she gathered traditional tales from Dakota storytellers which were retold in English for \u003ci\u003eOld Indian Legends\u003c\/i\u003e. The stories revolve around various spirits and heroes from Dakota myth, especially Iktomi, a shapeshifting spider trickster.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scholastic Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45681199251647,"sku":"9780439599962","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/1060\/1663\/files\/view_archive_e583ba15-6668-4c7c-94c7-ba2803179bae.jpg?v=1780462944","url":"https:\/\/www.blendedbooknook.com\/products\/old-turtle","provider":"Blended Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}