| Author |
Linderman, Frank Bird, 1869-1938 |
| Title |
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire
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| Contents |
Why the chipmunk's back is striped -- How the ducks got their fine feathers -- Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet -- Why the curlew's bill is long and crooked -- Old-man remakes the world -- Why Blackfeet never kill mice -- How the otter skin became great "medicine" -- Old-man steals the sun's leggings -- Old-man and his conscience -- Old-man's treachery -- Why the night-hawk's wings are beautiful -- Why the mountain-lion is long and lean -- The fire-leggings -- The moon and the great snake -- Why the deer has no gall -- Why Indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes -- Old-man and the fox -- Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark -- Mistakes of Old-man -- How the man found his mate -- Dreams -- Retrospection.
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| Credits |
Produced by Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines.
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
E011: History: America: America
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| Subject |
Siksika Indians -- Folklore
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| Subject |
Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore
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| Subject |
Cree Indians -- Folklore
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| Subject |
Tales -- Montana
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| Subject |
Indian mythology -- Montana
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
606 |
| Release Date |
Jul 1, 1996 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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