THE 44 STORIES FROM 27 TRIBES

[Introduction] ix 1. ADVENTURE [Little Rabbit Discovers a Secret of Strength, Pueblo] 3 [Atagahi—The Secret Lake, Cherokee] 10 [Quarter Moon and Little Elk, Iroquois] 13 [A Kitten Brings a Boy His Feather, Nez Percé] 20 [Little Thunder Finds a Friend, Wyandot] 23 [How Not to Catch a Fish, Bella Coola] 29 [Little Fire Cloud’s Dream, Delaware] 33 [The Cry of the Horned Owl, Cayuga] 38 [The Dream That Led to Victory, Apache] 42 2. HUNTING AND FISHING [Grey Calf Learns to Hunt Buffalo, Crow] 53 [Little Fox and the Golden Eagle, Apache] 60 [How Long Moose Became a Brave, Powhatan] 65 [How a Fishing Trip Taught Loyalty to a Boy, Iroquois] 71 [Little Bear’s First Hunt, Apache] 79 [Crying Eagle Sees a Great Battle, Iroquois] 84 [Spotted Tail and the Ghost Wolf, Mohawk] 89 3. CUSTOMS [The Tribes Gather, Cree] 99 [Singing Eagle’s First Clothes, Huron] 105 [The New Tepee, Blackfoot] 108 [Little Dove Learns to Weave, Winnebago] 112 [Red Cloud’s Dream, Algonquin] 117 [Broken Tooth and the War Bonnet, Apache] 127 [Grey Squirrel Hears His Name, Oneida] 129 4. HEROISM [Little Fawn and the Wolves, Choctaw] 139 [The Island, Iroquois] 144 [A New Bow for Tani, Cherokee] 149 [Singing Waters and the Medicine Well, Teton-Dakota] 153 [The War That Should Not Have Happened, Comanche] 160 [Little Horse and the Painted Arrow, Delaware] 174 [Falling Water Earns a Feather, Dakota-Sioux] 192 [The Race with Death, Apache] 197 [The Storm, Algonquin] 210 5. CHARACTER [Sleeping Bear Makes a Mistake, Montagnais] 217 [The Lesson of the Elm Tree, Cherokee] 220 [The Race, Oneida] 225 [Little Thunderbird Tells the Truth, Blackfoot] 241 [The Prize No One Could See, Kickapoo] 247 [The Mysterious Pony Raiders, Blackfoot] 253 [The Canoe Race, Ottawa] 263 [Standing Fawn Makes a Doll, Shawnee] 269 [Black Cloud Remembers, Seneca] 274 [The Miracle of the Pine Grove, Iroquois] 281 [Crooked Arrow Finds a Friend, Shawnee] 286 [The Boy and the Warrior Chief, Seneca] 300