CONTENTS
includes 13 historical black and white illustrations
and one map showing the ten ancient cultural areas of North America
INTRODUCTION
MYTHS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
People of the Great Plains
Morning Star and Evening Star – Pawnee
Morning Star and Evening Star – Pawnee
The Man who Met the Sun – Blackfoot
Wisdom of the Great Plains – Blackfoot and Sioux
The Woman who Married a Star – Blackfoot
Splinter Foot Girl – Arapaho
Blood Clot Boy – Sioux The Seven Buffalo Fathers – Gros Ventre
Blood Clot Boy – Sioux The Seven Buffalo Fathers – Gros Ventre
Two Songs – Sioux
The Adventures of Old Man – Blackfoot
The Thunderbirds – Crow
All Things in the World are Two – Pawnee
The Woman whose Lover was a Bear – Blackfoot
The Rolling Skull – Pawnee
MYTHS OF THE SOUTHEAST
People of the Southeast
The Origin of Hunting and Farming – Cherokee
Sun and her Daughter – Cherokee
Animal Powers – Caddo
Old Dog and the Wolves – Hitchiti
The Origin of Sickness and Medicine – Cherokee
Bears Singing – Cherokee
The Origin of Hunting and Farming – Cherokee
Sun and her Daughter – Cherokee
Animal Powers – Caddo
Old Dog and the Wolves – Hitchiti
The Origin of Sickness and Medicine – Cherokee
Bears Singing – Cherokee
MYTHS OF THE SOUTHWEST
People of the Southwest
Emergence: the Four Worlds – Navajo
The Three Goddesses Create People – Hopi Pueblo
Tobacco and Corn – Pima
The Five Sacred Things – Zuni Pueblo
The Battle of Winter and Summer – Acoma & Isleta Pueblos
The Sun's Horses – White Mountain Apache
Song of the Horse – Navajo
Doctor Mouse – Isleta Pueblo
The Youth and His Eagle – Zuni Pueblo
The Coyote Girl – Hopi Pueblo
The Serpent of the Waters – Zuni Pueblo
The War Twins and the Unborn – Zuni Pueblo
Song of Blessing for a New House – Navajo
Emergence: the Four Worlds – Navajo
The Three Goddesses Create People – Hopi Pueblo
Tobacco and Corn – Pima
The Five Sacred Things – Zuni Pueblo
The Battle of Winter and Summer – Acoma & Isleta Pueblos
The Sun's Horses – White Mountain Apache
Song of the Horse – Navajo
Doctor Mouse – Isleta Pueblo
The Youth and His Eagle – Zuni Pueblo
The Coyote Girl – Hopi Pueblo
The Serpent of the Waters – Zuni Pueblo
The War Twins and the Unborn – Zuni Pueblo
Song of Blessing for a New House – Navajo
MYTHS OF CALIFORNIA
People of California
People of California
Coyote and Earth Maker – Maidu
Coyote Dances for the Sun – Pomo
The Ten Moons – Shasta
Rattlesnake Song – Yokuts
The Singing Tree – Miwok, Yokuts
The End of Darkness – Achomawi
Children’s Initiation Song – Yuki
MYTHS OF THE GREAT BASIN
People of the Great Basin
Wolf and Iron Man Smoke Together – Shoshone
Summer Dance Song – Paiute
The Theft of Fire – Ute
MYTHS OF THE PLATEAU
People of the Plateau
The Bear Story that Brings a Windstorm – Modoc
The Earth is our Mother – Modoc and Okanagan
The Deer People – Thompson River
The Hunter and the Elk Spirit – Wasco
Fox and the Daughter of Darkness – Modoc
Ritual Morning Speech – Nez Perce
Mountain Glacier and the Daughter of Chinook Wind – Lillooet
Northern Lights, Extreme Cold and the South Wind – Sanpoil
Coyote and his Son – Thompson Rive
Coyote and the Secrets – Wishram
How Sickness Came into the World – Modoc
The Chief with a Hundred Wives – Wasco
The Dresses, the Spirit House and the Bones – Modoc
An Old Woman's Prayers – Modoc
The Bear Story that Brings a Windstorm – Modoc
The Earth is our Mother – Modoc and Okanagan
The Deer People – Thompson River
The Hunter and the Elk Spirit – Wasco
Fox and the Daughter of Darkness – Modoc
Ritual Morning Speech – Nez Perce
Mountain Glacier and the Daughter of Chinook Wind – Lillooet
Northern Lights, Extreme Cold and the South Wind – Sanpoil
Coyote and his Son – Thompson Rive
Coyote and the Secrets – Wishram
How Sickness Came into the World – Modoc
The Chief with a Hundred Wives – Wasco
The Dresses, the Spirit House and the Bones – Modoc
An Old Woman's Prayers – Modoc
MYTHS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST
People of the Northwest Coast
The Cosmos – Bella Coola
Raven Steals Daylight – Tlingit
Raven and the Master of the South Wind – Tsimshian
Song to Calm the Wind – Haida
A Journey to Salmon Country – Bella Coola
The Country Under the Sea – Tsimshian
Mosquito Town – Tsimshian
Life in the Olden Days – Tsimshian
The Bear’s Song – Haida
Moon Woman and the Arrow Chain Boy – Tlingit
The Wisdom of Porcupine – Tsimshian
Proverbs – Tsimshian
MYTHS OF THE ARCTIC
People of the Arctic
Our Forefathers have Told us Much – Greenland
The Wooden Boy and the Winds – Alaskan Eskimo
Grandmother, Tell a Story – Canadian Inuit
The Man in the Moon – Greenland
Song of a Man Waiting for a Seal to Rise – Canadian Inuit
The Giant – Alaskan Eskimo
A Festival Song – Canadian Inuit
Sedna’s Fingers – Canadian Inuit
Truly the world is Great – Greenland
Ghost Country – Alaskan Eskimo
MYTHS OF THE SUBARCTIC
People of the Subarctic
The Long Winter – Slavey
The Beaver Wife – Cree
A Hunter’s Lullaby – Koyukon
Raven Gets Married – Chipewyan and Loucheux
Mouldy Salmon Girl – Tahltan
The Two Brothers and the Giants – Kaska
Peace Song – Tahltan
The Boy who Gambled his Family Away – Tahltan
Copper Mountain – Chipewyan
Copper Mountain – Chipewyan
MYTHS OF THE NORTHEAST
People of the Northeast
The Story Stone – Seneca
The Great Spirit – Wabanaki
Small Turtle and the Moon – Wyandot
First Mother – Penobscot
The Keeper of the Brains of the Dead – Wyandot
Wizard’s Chant – Passamaquoddy
Glooskap the Master – Micmac, Passamaquoddy
Manabus and Little Brother – Menominee
Flying with the Thunders – Wyandot
A Fable – Winnebago
Summer and her Grandmother Rain – Passamaquoddy
Why Animals do not Talk – Iroquois
The Master of Night – Menominee
Little Leaf and Little Fire – Passamaquoddy
The Boy who was Raised by a Bear – Wyandot
Wood Spirits – Algonquin
The Singer in the Dusk – Algonquin
SOURCES AND BACKGROUND READING
