Voices of the Winds : Native American Legends

by Edmonds, Margot; Clark, Ella

• ISBN13: 9780785817161
• ISBN10: 0785817166
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-27
• Publisher: Castle Books

Summary

This wonderfully appealing anthology gathers more than 130 Native American legends, many told to the authors by elder storytellers and tribal historians. The legends feature a broad array of mythical figures, such as Thunderbird, Coyote and Raven, as well as human like characters "The Girl Who Married the Moon" and "Two Brothers Who Became Stars." Organized by region-with tales from the Northwest, Southwest, Great Plains, Southeast and Northeast-the legends are drawn from many tribes, including the Wasco, Aleut, Apache, Yosemite, Cheyenne, Sioux, Hopi, Navajo, Chippewa, Cherokee and others, and are introduced by an informative headnote, accompanied by a hundred evocative drawings. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
As It Was	p. xiii
From the Northwest	p. 3
The Creation of the First Indians: Chelan	p. 4
Coyote and Multnomah Falls: Wasco	p. 8
When the Animals and Birds Were Created: Makah	p. 12
Raven's Great Adventure: Alaska	p. 14
Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood: Yellowstone	p. 16
Coyote and the Monsters of the Bitterroot Valley: Flathead or Salish	p. 20
Creation of the Red and White Races: Flathead or Salish	p. 24
The Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers: Moses Band of Columbia River Indians	p. 26
Coyote's Adventures in Idaho: Flathead	p. 29
The Origin of Camas Roots: Okanagon	p. 32
Coyote's Salmon: Sanpoil	p. 34
Woodpecker and the Theft of Fire: Sanpoil	p. 38
Pah-To, The White Eagle: Wasco	p. 41
The Bridge of the Gods: Wasco	p. 43
Raven and His Grandmother: Aleuts	p. 47
The White-Faced Bear: Aleuts	p. 51
The Two Inquisitive Men: Aleuts	p. 54
The Girl Who Searched for Her Lover: Aleuts	p. 56
The Girl Who Married the Moon: Aleuts	p. 59
From the Southwest	p. 63
The Flood on Superstition Mountain: Pima	p. 64
How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World: Hopi	p. 66
How the Great Chiefs Made the Moon and the Sun: Hopi	p. 72
First Journey through Grand Canyon: Hopi	p. 76
Origin of the Clans: Hopi	p. 80
The Wind God: Hopi	p. 82
At the Rainbow's End: Navaho	p. 85
Legend of the Night Chant: Navaho	p. 89
Spider Rock: Navaho	p. 94
Song of the Horses: Navaho	p. 96
The Story of the Two Brother-Cousins: Navaho	p. 99
Creation: Apache	p. 101
Origin of Fire: Jicarilla-Apache	p. 105
Origin of the Animals: Jicarilla-Apache	p. 107
An Apache Medicine Dance: Jicarilla-Apache	p. 109
Legend of the Big Bird: Chipewyan	p. 114
The Legend of the White Bear: Chipewyan	p. 116
The Hummingbird: Zuni	p. 118
The Four Flutes: Zuni	p. 123
The Yellow Hand: Papago	p. 125
Why the North Star Stands Still: Paiute	p. 130
A California Creation Myth: Yokut	p. 133
Why Mount Shasta Erupted: Shasta	p. 137
Land of the Ghost Dance: Shasta	p. 140
A San Joaquin Valley Tale: Mariposa	p. 141
The Queen of Death Valley: Shoshone	p. 143
The Story of Creation: Dieguenos	p. 145
The Fly at the Council: Dieguenos	p. 147
The Impiety of Frog: Dieguenos	p. 148
Fiesta Tu-chai-pai: Dieguenos	p. 149
The Origin Of Yosemite: Yosemite (Miwok)	p. 150
The Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la: Yosemite (Miwok)	p. 152
How Half Dome Was Formed: Yosemite (Miwok)	p. 154
Bridal Veil Fall: Yosemite (Miwok)	p. 156
Leaping Frog Rocks: Yosemite (Miwok)	p. 158
The Legend of the Geysers: Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo)	p. 161
Before This Land: Luiseno	p. 164
Tales of Lake Tahoe: Washo	p. 166
The Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook: Hawaii	p. 168
The Hula School: Hawaii	p. 172
From the Great Plains	p. 181
Origin of the Buffalo: Cheyenne	p. 182
How the Buffalo Hunt Began: Cheyenne	p. 184
Eagle War Feathers: Cheyenne	p. 185
Enough Is Enough: Cheyenne	p. 187
Falling-Star: Northern Cheyenne	p. 188
Buffalo and Eagle Wing: Unknown	p. 192
The Sun Dance: Hidatsa	p. 195
The Corn Ceremony: Hidatsa	p. 199
An Address to Mother Corn: Arikara	p. 203
The Buffalo Dance: Mandan	p. 205
Sun Dance Mountain: Dakota-Sioux	p. 206
Origin of the Prairie Rose: Dakota-Sioux	p. 208
The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn: Dakota-Sioux	p. 209
The Legend of Standing Rock: Dakota-Sioux	p. 212
The Mysterious Butte: Dakota-Sioux	p. 214
Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe: Dakota-Sioux	p. 216
Legend of the Thunder God: Dakota-Sioux	p. 218
A Teton Ghost Story: Dakota-Sioux	p. 219
How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo: Arapaho	p. 221
The Buffalo Rock: Blackfeet	p. 223
The Wise Man of Chief Mountain: Blackfeet	p. 224
Origin of the Sweat Lodge: Piegan	p. 228
Puma and the Bear: Ute	p. 230
Porcupine Hunts Buffalo: Ute	p. 232
Coyote vs. Duck: Ute	p. 234
Two Fawns and a Rabbit: Ute	p. 236
Two Grandsons: Ute	p. 238
The Origin of Summer and Winter: Acoma	p. 241
From the Central Region	p. 245
Arch Rock on Mackinac Island: Ottawa	p. 246
The Great Serpent and the Great Flood: Chippewa-Ojibwa	p. 247
The Forsaken Brother: Chippewa	p. 250
Father of Indian Corn: Chippewa-Ojibwa	p. 253
Legend of the White Plume: Iowa	p. 257
Boy Stolen by Thunderbird: Winnebago	p. 261
Holy Song (Medicine Song): Winnebago	p. 263
Some Adventures of "The Little Hare": Winnebago	p. 265
Making the Sacred Bundle: Pawnee	p. 269
Legend of the Piasa: Illini	p. 272
Two Brothers Who Became Stars: Wichita	p. 275
From the Southeast	p. 283
The Origin of Earth: Tuskegee	p. 284
In the Beginning: Yuchi	p. 285
The First Fire: Cherokee	p. 287
The Origin of Game and of Corn: Cherokee	p. 288
The Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals: Cherokee	p. 294
The Origin of Medicine: Cherokee	p. 297
The Hero with the Horned Snakes: Cherokee	p. 298
The Green Corn Festival: Shawnee	p. 299
The Walnut-Cracker: Creek	p. 301
How Rabbit Fooled Alligator: Creek	p. 302
The Celestial Canoe: Alabama	p. 304
The Milky Way: Seminole	p. 307
Men Visit the Sky: Seminole	p. 308
Adoption of the Human Race: Natchez	p. 310
From the Northeast	p. 313
The First People and the First Corn: Penobscot-Passamaquoddy	p. 314
The Origin of the Thunderbird: Passamaquoddy	p. 317
The Flying Canoe: Passamaquoddy	p. 318
The Loyal Sweetheart: Passamaquoddy	p. 320
Origin of the Medicine Man: Passamaquoddy	p. 322
The Giant and the Four Wind Brothers: Penobscot	p. 325
The Origin of Indian Summer: Penobscot	p. 327
The Water Famine: Penobscot	p. 328
The Legend of the Bear Family: Penobscot	p. 329
The Strange Origin of Corn: Abnaki	p. 330
Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights: Wabanaki	p. 332
Indians at Niagara Falls: Seneca	p. 335
The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls: Seneca	p. 336
Three Brothers Who Followed the Sun: Seneca	p. 338
Seek Your Father: Seneca	p. 342
A Mashpee Ghost Story: Wampanoag	p. 343
Rabbit and Otter, The Bungling Host: Micmac	p. 345
The Origin of the Iroquois Nations: Iroquois	p. 349
De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha: Iroquois	p. 351
Glossary	p. 358
Bibliography	p. 360
Index	p. 365
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