Contents
Acknowledgments
As It Was
PART ONE FROM THE NORTHWEST
The Creation of the First Indians Chelan 4
Coyote and Multnomah Falls Wasco
When the Animals and Birds Were Created Makah
Raven's Great Adventure Alaska 14
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 54
The Girl Who Searched for Her Lover Aleuts
The Girl Who Married the Moon Aleuts
PART TWO FROM THE SOUTHWEST ...
The Flood on Superstition Mountain Pima
How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World Hopi 66
How the Great Chiefs Made the Moon and the Sun Hopi 72
First Journey through Grand Canyon Hopi
Origin of the Clans Hopi 80
The Wind God Hopi 82
At the Rainbow's End Navaho
Legend of the Night Chant Navaho
Spider Rock Navaho 94
Song of the Horses Navaho 96
The Story of the Two Brother-Cousins Navaho 99
Creation Apache
Origin of Fire Jicarilla-Apache 105
Origin of the Animals ficarilla-Apache 107
An Apache Medicine Dance Jicarilla-Apache
Legend of the Big Bird Chipewyan
The Legend of the White Bear Chipewyan
The Hummingbird Zuñi
The Four Flutes Zuñi
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 Diegueños
The Fly at the Council Diegueños
The Impiety of Frog Diegueños
Fiesta Tu-chai-pai Diegueños
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) 156
Leaping Frog Rocks Yosemite (Miwok) 158
The Legend of the Geysers Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo)
Before This Land Luiseño
Tales of Lake Tahoe Washo
The Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook Hawaii
The Hula School Hawaii 172
PART THREE FROM THE GREAT PLAINS ..
Origin of the Buffalo Cheyenne 182
How the Buffalo Hunt Began Cheyenne 184
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 205
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 Dukota-Sioux,
The Mysterious Bute Dakota-Sima
Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe Dakota-Six
Legend of the Thunder God Dakota-Sioux 218
A Teton Ghost Story Dakota-Sioux 219
How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo Araparo 221
The Bustalo Rock Blacken 223
The Wise Man of Chief Mountain Blackfeet 224
Origin of the Sweat Lodge Piegan
Puma and the Bear Ute
Porcupine Hunts Buffalo Ute
Coyote vs. Duck Ute 234
Two Fawns and a Rabbit Ute
Two Grandsons Ute 238
The Origin of Summer and Winter Asma
PART FOUR 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 Com Chippera-Ojibura
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 272
Two Brothers Who Became Stars Wichita 275
PART FIVE 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 294
The Origin of Medicine Cherokee 297
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
PART SIX 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 325
The Origin of Indian Summer Penobscot
The Water Famine Penobscot 328
The Legend of the Bear Family Penobscot
The Strange Origin of Corn Abnaki 330
Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights Wabanaki
Indians at Niagara Falls Seneca 335
The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls Seneca
Three Brothers Who Followed the Sun Seneca
Seek Your Father Seneca 342
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
Glossary 358
Bibliography 360
Index 365