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Indians of North America, Folklore, Legends, Oral tradition, Indiens d'Amérique, Légendes, Tradition oralePlaces
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And now you know: 50 Native American legends
2010, Detselig Enterprises
in English
1550593846 9781550593846
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Table of Contents
Part One.
Origin Stories --
Origin of Buffalo: A Sioux Legend --
Origin of Buffalo Hunting: A Mandan Legend --
Origin of Cherokee Rose: A Cherokee Legend --
Origin of Chief Mountain: A Peigan Legend --
Origin of Chinook Wind: A Salish Legend --
Origin of Corn: A Pueblo Legend --
Origin of Family Crests: A West Coast Legend --
Origin of Fire and Light: A Klamath Legend --
Origin of Fire: A Salish Legend --
Origin of Human Hands: A Chumash Legend --
Origin of the North Star (Star Boy): A Blackfeet Legend --
Origin of Obsidian Arrowheads: A Shasta Legend --
Origin of Orion's Belt: A Sioux Legend --
Origin of Raven's Cry: A Kwakwaka' waka Legend --
Origin of the Rocky Mountains: A Cree Legend --
Origin of Stone Woman: A Dakota Legend --
Origin of Turtle Island: A Wyandot Legend --
Origin of Turtles: A Mi'Kmaq Legend --
Origin of Wild Rice: An Ojibway Legend -- -- Part Two.
How Stories --
How Birds Can be Teachers: A Pawnee Legend --
How Loon Became a Seabird: A Mi'Kmaq Legend --
How to Call Moose: A Wabanaki Legend --
How Yellow Mouse Fooled Owl: A Creek Legend --
How Porcupine Got Quills: A Chippewa Legend --
How Spotted Eagle Earned His Feather: A Mohawk Legend --
How Whale Kept His Promise: A Haida Legend -- -- Part Three.
Why Stories --
Why Badger is Humble: An Interior Salish Legend --
Why Beaver is Respected: A Dene Legend --
Why Buzzards are Bald: An Algonquian Legend --
Why Coyote Looks at His Stomach: An Okanagan Legend --
Why Coyote's Eyes are Red: A Shuswap Legend --
Why Dogs Bark: A Kiowa Legend --
Why Eagle Went Hungry: A Sioux Legend --
Why Eagles Are Respected: An Iroquois Legend --
Why Fawn Has Spots: A Dakota Legend --
Why Moose Has Loose Skin: A Swampy Cree Legend --
Why Porcupine is Respected: A Tsimshian Legend --
Why Possum is Shy: A Creek Legend --
Why Rabbit Turns White in Winter: A Cree Legend --
Why Wolverine Has Short Legs: A Cree Legend -- -- Part Four.
Ten Tricky Trickster Tales --
Copycat Coyote and Rattlesnake: A Sia Legend --
Coyote and Magpie Go Hunting: A Thompson Legend --
Coyote and Quail: A Pima Legend --
Raven and the Magpies: A Tlinget Legend --
Coyote and Water Serpent: A Hopi Legend --
Coyote and Wild Turkey: An Algonquian Legend --
Napi, Skunk, and the Prairie Dogs: A Blackfoot Legend --
Raven Burns a Canoe: A West Coast Legend --
Raven Learns a Lesson: A Tsimshian Legend --
The Trickster and Eagle: An Assiniboine Legend --
Appendices -- -- Appendix A.
A Note On Terminology -- -- Appendix B.
Interpreting Legends -- -- Appendix C.
Native American Rock Art: Pictographs and Petroglyphs -- -- Appendix D.
About the Authors.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references: p. 148-152.
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