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Introduction | |
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Coyote Creates the World - and a Few Other Things | |
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The Beginning of the World (Yokuts) | |
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Sun and Moon in a Box (Zuni) | |
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Coyote Steals the Sun (Miwok) | |
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Origin of the Moon and the Sun (Kalispel) | |
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How People Were Made (Miwok) | |
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Coyote Steals the Summer (Crow) | |
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Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead (Yakima) | |
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Coyote Steals Fire (Klamath) | |
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Coyote Kills Terrible Monster (Salish) | |
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The Seven Devils Mountains (Nez Perce) | |
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Up to No Good | |
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Coyote Taunts the Grizzly Bear (Kutenai) | |
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How Locust Tricked Coyote (Zuni) | |
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Coyote-Giving (Paiute) | |
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Putting a Saddle on Coyote's Back (Northern Pueblo) | |
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A Satisfying Meal (Hopi) | |
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A Strong Heart (Arikara) | |
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Better Luck Next Time (Hopi) | |
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Long Ears Outsmarts Coyote (Pueblo) | |
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Old Man Coyote and the Buffalo (Crow) | |
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Coyote and Bobcat Have Their Faces Done (Ute) | |
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The Adventures of a Meatball (Comanche) | |
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Coyote Gets Stuck (Shasta) | |
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Anything but Pinon Pitch! (Navajo) | |
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Fat, Grease, and Berries (Crow) | |
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Don't Be Too Curious (Lakota) | |
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Coyote's Amorous Adventures | |
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Coyote's Amorous Adventures (Shasta) | |
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Two Rascals and Their Wives (Pueblo) | |
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Coyote Sleeps with His Own Daughters (Southern Ute) | |
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Old Man Coyote Meets Coyote Woman (Blackfoot) | |
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Coyote and Fox Dress Up (Nez Perce) | |
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Coyote and the Girls (Karok, and Yurok) | |
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Coyote Keeps His Dead Wife's Genitals (Lipan Apache) | |
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The Toothed Vagina (Yurok) | |
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Something Fishy Going On (Athapascan) | |
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Where Do Babies Come From? (Karuk) | |
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Winyan-shan Upside Down (Sioux) | |
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The Trouble with Rose Hips | |
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Coyote, Skunk, and the Beavers (Wichita) | |
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Monster Skunk Farting Everyone to Death (Cree) | |
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Coyote Sells a Burro That Defecates Money (Lipan Apache) | |
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Coyote the Credulous (Taos) | |
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The Trouble with Rose Hips (Lipan Apache) | |
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Iktomi the Spider-Man | |
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Seven Toes (Assiniboine) | |
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Tricking the Trickster (Sioux) | |
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Iktomi and the Man-Eating Monster (Lakota) | |
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Iktomi, Flint Boy, and the Grizzly (Lakota) | |
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Iktomi and the Buffalo Calf (Assiniboine) | |
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Ikto's Grandchild Defeats Siyoko (Rosebud Sioux) | |
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The Cheater Cheated (Lakota) | |
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The Spider Cries "Wolf" (Rosebud Sioux) | |
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Tit for Tat (Omaha) | |
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Iktomi Takes Back a Gift (Rosebud Sioux) | |
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Iktomi and the Wild Ducks (Minneconjou Sioux) | |
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Iktomi Trying to Outrace Beaver (Santee) | |
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Too Smart for His Own Good (Sioux) | |
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Spider-Man in Love | |
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Oh, It's You! (Lakota) | |
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Too Many Women (Lakota) | |
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Forbidden Fruit (Lakota and Rosebud Sioux) | |
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The Spiders Give Birth to the People (Arikara) | |
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The Winkte Way (Omaha) | |
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The Veeho Cycle | |
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He Has Been Saying Bad Things About You (Northern Cheyenne) | |
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The Possible Bag (Northern Cheyenne) | |
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Hair Loss (Northern Cheyenne) | |
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Brother, Sharpen My Leg! (Cheyenne) | |
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Veeho Has His Back Scraped (Northern Cheyenne) | |
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He Sure Was a Good Shot (Cheyenne) | |
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The Only Man Around (Northern Cheyenne) | |
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The Nixant and Sitconski Cycles | |
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When the People Were Wild (Gros Ventre) | |
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The Talking Penis (Gros Ventre) | |
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Hairy Legs (Gros Ventre) | |
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Sitconski and the Buffalo Skull (Assiniboine) | |
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She Refused to Have Him (Assiniboine) | |
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Ni'hancan and Whirlwind Woman (Arapaho) | |
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Ni'hancan and the Race for Wives (Arapaho) | |
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Magical Master Rabbit | |
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Little Rabbit Fights the Sun (Ute) | |
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The Long Black Stranger (Omaha) | |
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Why the Possum's Tail Is Bare (Cherokee) | |
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Rabbit Escapes from the Box (Creek) | |
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Rabbit and Possum on the Prowl (Cherokee) | |
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Tar Baby (Biloxi) | |
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Don't Believe What People Tell You (San Ildefonso and San Juan) | |
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Nanabozho and Whiskey Jack | |
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Nanabozho and the Fish Chief (Great Lakes Tribes) | |
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Why We Have to Work So Hard Making Maple Sugar (Menomini) | |
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Who Is Looking Me in the Face? (Menomini) | |
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Why Women Have Their Moon-Time (Menomini) | |
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Whiskey Jack Wants to Fly (Cree and Metis) | |
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Wesakaychak, the Windigo, and the Etmine (Cree and Metis) | |
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Old Man Napi Chooses a Wife | |
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Choosing Mates (Blackfoot) | |
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Napi Races Coyote for a Meal (Blackfoot) | |
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Magic Leggings (Blackfoot) | |
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Glooskap the Great | |
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How the Lord of Men and Beasts Strove with the Mighty Wasis and Was Shamefully Defeated (Penobscot) | |
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Glooskap Turns Men into Rattlesnakes (Passamaquoddy) | |
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Kuloskap and the Ice-Giants (Passamaquoddy) | |
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Questions, Questions (Passamaquoddy) | |
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A New Way to Travel (Micmac) | |
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Glooskap Grants Four Wishes (Micmac) | |
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A Puff of His Pipe (Micmac) | |
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Skeleton Man | |
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While the Gods Snored (Hopi) | |
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How Masaaw Slept with a Beautiful Maiden (Hopi) | |
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Scared to Death (Hopi) | |
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Raven Lights the World | |
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Hungry for Clams (Hoh and Quileute) | |
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Give It Back! Give It Back! (Haida) | |
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Raven Steals the Moon (Haida) | |
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Yehl, the Lazy One (Haida) | |
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Raven and His Slave (Tsimshian) | |
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A Lousy Fisherman (Haida) | |
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Raven Lights the World (Tlingit) | |
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Appendix | |
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Sources | |
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Index of Tales | |