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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 | |