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The stories in this collection are drawn mainly from those tribes which lived in the northern and central areas of north america. These represent the linguistic groups gerneally referred to as Algonquian, Iroquois and Sioux. A final chapter covers the tales of the northwest pacific coast. Some legends tell of heroic men and women struggling against the giant forces of nature; others of mischievous animals like blue jay and coyote, or of perilous journeys and of the origins of traditional customs. Recited as part of religious ceremonial or simply as a form of entertainment, these tales were passed from parent to child as a way of explaining the present through the past.

This audiobook offers and ideal starting point for anybody with an interest in native american culture and in the environment which shaped and nurtured it.


Read by John Pruskin
Incidental music by Charles Little Bear
Collected by Diane Lenkins
Playing time 4.5 hours

Track Listing:

Algonquian Myths And Legends

How The Trees Came Into Being
Glooskap And The Baby
How Glooskap Caught The Summer
Glooskap’s Farewell
The Lord Of Cold Weather
Cloud Carrier And The Star Folk
Otter Heart And Ten Pairs Of Moccasins
Good And Wicked Wives
The Magic Lodges
The Death Swing
How Maize Was Given To The Indians
Bearskin Woman
The Beaver Medicine Legend
The Society Of Young Dogs
The Friendly Wolf
The Story Of Scar Face
The Sun God’s Decree
The Chase Of The Savage Birds
The Tale Of The Pursuing Head
The Dog And The Stick
The Story Of Kutoyis
How Kutoyis Was Born
Kutoyis On His Travels


Iroquois Myths And Legends

The Thunderers
The Animal’s Medicine
Promise Of Vengance
The Boy Who Went West
The Friendly Skeleton
Help From The Pigmies
The Animals Versus Mankind
The Wonderful Kettle
The Chief Of The Healing Waters
Sayadio’s Sister
The Peace Queen

Sioux Tales

Rabbit
Ictinike And The Buzzard
Ictinike Goes Visiting
The Men Serpents
The Three Tests
The Snake Ogre
The Story Of The Salmon
The Drowned Child
The Snake Wife
White Feather The Giant Killer
How The Rabbit Caught The Sun


Tales Of The Pawnees

The Buffalo Woman
The Kindness Of The Bears


Tales From The North And The Pacific Coast

The Canoe Gods
The Sky God
Master Carpenter And South East Wind
Blue Jay And Ioi
Ioi In The Ghost Country
Blue Jay’s Tests
The Glutton
Thunderer’s Son In Law
Ouiot The Grand Captain
Nocuma
The Story Of Quaayayp
Great Shoe