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