Voices of the winds : native American legends / Margot Edmonds, Ella E. Clark ; [illustrator, Molly Braun. [print]

Creation of the first indians Chelan -- Coyote and Multnomah Falls Wasco -- When the animals and birds were created Makah -- Raven's great adventure Alaska -- Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood Yellowstone -- Coyote and the monsters of the Bitterroot Valley Flathead or Salish -- Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers Moses Band of Columbia River Indians -- Coyote's adventures in Idaho Flathead -- Origin of Camas Roots Okanagon -- Coyote's Salmon Sanpoil -- Pah-To, the White Eagle Wasco -- Bridge of Gods Wasco -- Raven and his grandmother Aleuts -- White-Faced Bear Aleuts -- Two Inquisitive Men Aleuts -- Girl who searched for her lover Aleuts -- Girl who married the moon Aleuts -- Flood on Superstition Mountain -- Pima -- How the Hopi Indians reached their world Hopi -- How the Great Chiefs made the moon and the sun Hopi -- First journey through Grand Canyon Hopi -- Origin of the Clans Hopi -- Wind God Hopi -- At the rainbow's end Navaho -- Legend of the night chant Navaho -- Spider Rock Navaho -- Song of the horses Navaho -- Story of the Two Brother-Cousins Navaho -- Creation Apache -- Origin of fire Jicarilla-Apache -- Origin of the animals Jicarilla-Apache -- An Apache Medicine Dance Jicarilla-Apache -- Legend of the Big Bird Chipewyan -- Lengend of the White Bear Chipewyan -- Hummingbird Zuni -- Four flutes Zuni -- Yellow hand Papago -- Why the North Star stands still Paiute -- A California creation myth Yokut -- Why Mount Shasta erupted Shasta -- Land of the Ghost Dance Shasta -- A San Joaquin Valley tale Mariposa -- Queen of Death Valley Shoshone -- Story of creation Dieguenos -- Fly at the council Dieguenos -- Impiety of Frog Dieguenos -- Fiesta Tu-chai-pai Dieguenos -- Origin of Yosemite Yosemite (Miwok) -- Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la Yosemite (Miwok) -- How half dome was formed Yosemite (Miwok) -- Bridal Veil Fall Yosemite (Miwok) -- Leaping Frog Rocks Yosemite (Miwok) -- Legend of the geysers Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo) -- Before this land Luiseno -- Tales of Lake Tahoe Washo -- Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook Hawaii -- Hula School Hawaii -- Origin of the Buffalo Cheyenne -- How the buffalo hunt began Cheyenne -- Eagle War feathers Cheyenne -- Enough is enough Cheyenne -- Falling-star Northern Cheyenne -- Buffalo and Eagle Wing Unknown -- Sun Dance Hidatsa -- Corn Ceremony Hidatsa -- An address to Mother Corn Arikara -- Buffalo Dance Mandan -- Sun Dance Mountain Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Prairie Rose Dakota-Sioux -- Hermit, or the Gift of Corn -- Legend of Standing Rock Dakota-Sioux -- Mysterious butte Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe Dakota-Sioux -- Legend of the Thunder God Dakota-Sioux -- A Teton ghost story Dakota-Sioux -- How Medicine Man resurrected Buffalo Arapaho -- Buffalo Rock Blackfeet -- Origin of the Sweat Lodge Piegan -- Wise Man of Chief Mountain Blackfeet -- Puma and the Bear Ute -- Porcupine hunts Buffalo Ute -- Coyote vs. Duck Ute -- Two Fawns and a Rabbit Ute -- Two Grandsons Ute -- Origin of Summer and Winter Acoma -- Arch Rock on Mackinac Island Ottawa -- Great Serpent and the Great Flood Chippewa-Ojibwa -- Foresaken Brother Chippewa -- Father of Indian Corn Chippewa-Ojibwa -- Legend of the White Plume Iowa -- Boy stolen by Thunderbird Winnebago -- Holy Song (Medicine Song) Winnebago -- Some adventures of "The little hare" Winnebago -- Making the sacred bundle Pawnee -- Legend of the Piasa Illini -- Two brothers who became stars Wichita -- Origin of Earth Tuskegee -- In the beginning Yuchi -- First fire Cherokee -- Origin of Game and of Corn Cherokee -- Ball game of the Birds and the Animals Cherokee -- Origin of Medicine Cherokee -- Hero with the Horned Snakes Cherokee -- Green Corn Festival Shawnee -- Walnut-Cracker Creek -- How Rabbit fooled Alligator Creek -- Celestial Canoe Alabama -- Milky Way Seminole -- Men visit the sky Seminole -- Adoption of the human race Natchez -- First People and the first corn Penobscot-Passamaquoddy -- Origin of the Thunderbird Passamaquoddy -- Flying canoe Passamaquoddy -- Loyal sweetheart Passamaquoddy -- Origin of the Medicine Man Passamaquoddy -- Giant and the Four Wind Brothers Penobscot -- Origin of Indian Summer Penobscot -- Water famine Penobscot -- Legend of the Bear family Penobscot -- Strange origin of corn Abnaki -- Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights Wabanaki -- Indians at Niagara Falls Seneca -- Sacrifice at Niagara Falls Seneca -- Three brothers who followed the sun Seneca -- Seek your father Seneca -- A Mashpee ghost story Wampanoag -- Rabbit and Otter, the bungling host Micmac -- Origin of the Iroquois Nations Iroquois -- De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha Iroquois.

As It Was -- From the Northwest -- The Creation of the First Indians: Chelan -- Coyote and Multnomah Falls: Wasco -- When the Animals and Birds Were Created: Makah -- Raven's Great Adventure: Alaska -- Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood: Yellowstone -- Coyote and the Monsters of the Bitterroot Valley: Flathead or Salish -- Creation of the Red and White Races: Flathead or Salish -- The Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers: Moses Band of Columbia River Indians -- Coyote's Adventures in Idaho: Flathead -- The Origin of Camas Roots: Okanagon -- Coyote's Salmon: Sanpoil -- Woodpecker and the Theft of Fire: Sanpoil -- Pah-To, The White Eagle: Wasco -- The Bridge of the Gods: Wasco -- Raven and His Grandmother: Aleuts -- The White-Faced Bear: Aleuts -- The Two Inquisitive Men: Aleuts -- The Girl Who Searched for Her Lover: Aleuts -- The Girl Who Married the Moon: Aleuts -- From the Southwest -- The Flood on Superstition Mountain: Pima -- How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World: Hopi -- How the Great Chiefs Made the Moon and the Sun: Hopi -- First Journey through Grand Canyon: Hopi -- Origin of the Clans: Hopi -- The Wind God: Hopi -- At the Rainbow's End: Navaho -- Legend of the Night Chant: Navaho -- Spider Rock: Navaho -- Song of the Horses: Navaho -- The Story of the Two Brother-Cousins: Navaho -- Creation: Apache -- Origin of Fire: Jicarilla-Apache -- Origin of the Animals: Jicarilla-Apache -- An Apache Medicine Dance: Jicarilla-Apache -- Legend of the Big Bird: Chipewyan -- The Legend of the White Bear: Chipewyan -- The Hummingbird: Zuni -- The Four Flutes: Zuni -- The Yellow Hand: Papago -- Why the North Star Stands Still: Paiute -- A California Creation Myth: Yokut -- Why Mount Shasta Erupted: Shasta -- Land of the Ghost Dance: Shasta -- A San Joaquin Valley Tale: Mariposa -- The Queen of Death Valley: Shoshone -- The Story of Creation: Dieguenos -- The Fly at the Council: Dieguenos -- The Impiety of Frog: Dieguenos -- Fiesta Tu-chai-pai: Dieguenos -- The Origin Of Yosemite: Yosemite (Miwok) -- The Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la: Yosemite (Miwok) -- How Half Dome Was Formed: Yosemite (Miwok) -- Bridal Veil Fall: Yosemite (Miwok) -- Leaping Frog Rocks: Yosemite (Miwok) -- The Legend of the Geysers: Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo) -- Before This Land: Luiseno -- Tales of Lake Tahoe: Washo -- The Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook: Hawaii -- The Hula School: Hawaii -- From the Great Plains -- Origin of the Buffalo: Cheyenne -- How the Buffalo Hunt Began: Cheyenne -- Eagle War Feathers: Cheyenne -- Enough Is Enough: Cheyenne -- Falling-Star: Northern Cheyenne -- Buffalo and Eagle Wing: Unknown -- The Sun Dance: Hidatsa -- The Corn Ceremony: Hidatsa -- An Address to Mother Corn: Arikara -- The Buffalo Dance: Mandan -- Sun Dance Mountain: Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Prairie Rose: Dakota-Sioux -- The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn: Dakota-Sioux -- The Legend of Standing Rock: Dakota-Sioux -- The Mysterious Butte: Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe: Dakota-Sioux -- Legend of the Thunder God: Dakota-Sioux -- A Teton Ghost Story: Dakota-Sioux -- How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo: Arapaho -- The Buffalo Rock: Blackfeet -- The Wise Man of Chief Mountain: Blackfeet -- Origin of the Sweat Lodge: Piegan -- Puma and the Bear: Ute -- Porcupine Hunts Buffalo: Ute -- Coyote vs. Duck: Ute -- Two Fawns and a Rabbit: Ute -- Two Grandsons: Ute -- The Origin of Summer and Winter: Acoma -- From the Central Region -- Arch Rock on Mackinac Island: Ottawa -- The Great Serpent and the Great Flood: Chippewa-Ojibwa -- The Forsaken Brother: Chippewa -- Father of Indian Corn: Chippewa-Ojibwa -- Legend of the White Plume: Iowa -- Boy Stolen by Thunderbird: Winnebago -- Holy Song (Medicine Song): Winnebago -- Some Adventures of "The Little Hare": Winnebago -- Making the Sacred Bundle: Pawnee -- Legend of the Piasa: Illini -- Two Brothers Who Became Stars: Wichita -- From the Southeast -- The Origin of Earth: Tuskegee -- In the Beginning: Yuchi -- The First Fire: Cherokee -- The Origin of Game and of Corn: Cherokee -- The Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals: Cherokee -- The Origin of Medicine: Cherokee -- The Hero with the Horned Snakes: Cherokee -- The Green Corn Festival: Shawnee -- The Walnut-Cracker: Creek -- How Rabbit Fooled Alligator: Creek -- The Celestial Canoe: Alabama -- The Milky Way: Seminole -- Men Visit the Sky: Seminole -- Adoption of the Human Race: Natchez -- From the Northeast -- The First People and the First Corn: Penobscot-Passamaquoddy -- The Origin of the Thunderbird: Passamaquoddy -- The Flying Canoe: Passamaquoddy -- The Loyal Sweetheart: Passamaquoddy -- Origin of the Medicine Man: Passamaquoddy -- The Giant and the Four Wind Brothers: Penobscot -- The Origin of Indian Summer: Penobscot -- The Water Famine: Penobscot -- The Legend of the Bear Family: Penobscot -- The Strange Origin of Corn: Abnaki -- Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights: Wabanaki -- Indians at Niagara Falls: Seneca -- The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls: Seneca -- Three Brothers Who Followed the Sun: Seneca -- Seek Your Father: Seneca -- A Mashpee Ghost Story: Wampanoag -- Rabbit and Otter, The Bungling Host: Micmac -- The Origin of the Iroquois Nations: Iroquois -- De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha: Iroquois.

An anthology of more than 130 Native American legends representative of many different tribes and organized by geographical regions across the United States. Each legend is introduced with a headnote and many are accompanied by a drawing.

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