Voices of the winds: native American legends

Part one from the northwest: Creation of the first indians (Chelan)

Coyote and Multnomah Falls (Wasco)

When the animals and birds were created (Makah)

Raven's great adventure (Alaska)

Yellowstone valley and the great flood (Yellowstone)

Coyote and the monsters of the Bitterroot Valley (Flathead or Salish)

Warm wind brothes vs. Cold wind brothers (Moses band of Columbia River Indians)

Coyote's adventures in Idaho (Flathead)

Origin of camas roots (Okanagon)

Coyote's salmon (Sanpoil)

Woodpecker and the theft of fire (Sanpoil)

Pah-to, white eagle (Wasco)

Bridge of the gods (Wasco)

Raven and his grandmother (Aleuts)

White-faced bear (Aleuts)

Two inquisitive men (Aleuts)

Girl who searched for her lover (Aleuts)

Girl who married the moon (Aleuts)

Part two from the southwest: Flood on superstition mountain (Pima)

How the Hop Indians reached their world (Hopi)

How the great chiefs made the moon and the sun (Hopi)

First Journey through Grand Canyon (Hopi)

Origin of the clans (Hopi)

Wind God (Hopi)

Rainbow's end (Navaho)

Legend of the night chant (Navaho)

Spider rock (navaho)

Song of the horses (Navaho)

Story of the two brother-cousins (Navaho)

Creation (Apache)

Origin of fire (Jicarilla-Apache)

Origin of the animals (Jicarilla-Apache)

Apache medicine dance (Jicarilla-Apache)

Legend of the big bird (Chipewyan)

Legend of the white bear (Chipewyan)

Hummingbird (Zuni)

Four flutes (Zuni)

Yellow hand (Papago)

When the north star stands still (Paiute)

California creation myth (Yokut)

Why Mount Shasta erupted (Shasta)

Land of the ghost dance (Shasta)

San Joaquin Valley tale (Mariposa)

Queen of Death Valley (Shoshone)

Story of creation (Dieguenos)

Fly at the council (Dieguenos)

Impiety of frog (Dieguenos)

Fiesta Tu-chai-pai (Dieguenos)

Origin of Yosemite (Yosemite (Miwok))

How half dome was formed (Yosemite (Miwok))

Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la (Yosemite (Miwok))

Bridal Veil FallS (Yosemite (Miwok))

Leaping frog rocks (Yosemite (Miwok))

Legend of the geysers (Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo))

Before this land (Luiseno)

Tales of Lake Tahoe (Washo)

Legend of the first pearl fish hook (Hawaii)

Hula school (Hawaii).

Part one: From the Northwest

Creation of the first indians / Chelan

Coyote and Multnomah Falls / Wasco

When the animals and birds were created / Makah

Raven's great adventure / Alaska

Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood / Yellowstone

Coyote and the monsters of the Bitterroot Valley / Flathead or Salish

Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers / Moses Band of Columbia River Indians

Coyote's adventures in Idaho / Flathead

Origin of Camas Roots / Okanagon

Coyote's Salmon / Sanpoil

Pah-To, the White Eagle / Wasco

Bridge of Gods / Wasco

Raven and his grandmother / Aleuts

White-Faced Bear / Aleuts

Two Inquisitive Men / Aleuts

Girl who searched for her lover / Aleuts

Girl who married the moon / Aleuts

Part two: From the Southwest

Flood on Superstition Mountain

Pima

How the Hopi Indians reached their world / Hopi

How the Great Chiefs made the moon and the sun / Hopi

First journey through Grand Canyon / Hopi

Origin of the Clans / Hopi

Wind God / Hopi

At the rainbow's end / Navaho

Legend of the night chant / Navaho

Spider Rock / Navaho

Song of the horses / Navaho

Story of the Two Brother-Cousins / Navaho

Creation / Apache

Origin of fire / Jicarilla-Apache

Origin of the animals / Jicarilla-Apache

An Apache Medicine Dance / Jicarilla-Apache

Legend of the Big Bird / Chipewyan

Lengend of the White Bear / Chipewyan

Hummingbird / Zuni

Four flutes / Zuni

Yellow hand / Papago

Why the North Star stands still / Paiute

A California creation myth / Yokut

Why Mount Shasta erupted / Shasta

Land of the Ghost Dance / Shasta

A San Joaquin Valley tale / Mariposa

Queen of Death Valley / Shoshone

Story of creation / Dieguenos

Fly at the council / Dieguenos

Impiety of Frog / Dieguenos

Fiesta Tu-chai-pai / Dieguenos

Origin of Yosemite / Yosemite (Miwok)

Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la / Yosemite (Miwok)

How half dome was formed / Yosemite (Miwok)

Bridal Veil Fall / Yosemite (Miwok)

Leaping Frog Rocks / Yosemite (Miwok)

Legend of the geysers / Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo)

Before this land / Luiseno

Tales of Lake Tahoe / Washo

Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook / Hawaii

Hula School / Hawaii

Part three: From the Great Plains

Origin of the Buffalo / Cheyenne

How the buffalo hunt began / Cheyenne

Eagle War feathers / Cheyenne

Enough is enough / Cheyenne

Falling-star / Northern Cheyenne

Buffalo and Eagle Wing / Unknown

Sun Dance / Hidatsa

Corn Ceremony / Hidatsa

An address to Mother Corn / Arikara

Buffalo Dance / Mandan

Sun Dance Mountain / Dakota-Sioux

Origin of the Prairie Rose / Dakota-Sioux

Hermit, or the Gift of Corn / Dakota-Sioux

Legend of Standing Rock / Dakota-Sioux

Mysterious butte / Dakota-Sioux

Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe / Dakota-Sioux

Legend of the Thunder God / Dakota-Sioux

A Teton ghost story / Dakota-Sioux

How Medicine Man resurrected Buffalo / Arapaho

Buffalo Rock / Blackfeet

Origin of the Sweat Lodge / Piegan

Wise Man of Chief Mountain / Blackfeet

Puma and the Bear / Ute

Porcupine hunts Buffalo / Ute

Coyote vs. Duck / Ute

Two Fawns and a Rabbit / Ute

Two Grandsons / Ute

Origin of Summer and Winter / Acoma

Part four: From the Central Region

Arch Rock on Mackinac Island / Ottawa

Great Serpent and the Great Flood / Chippewa-Ojibwa

Foresaken Brother / Chippewa

Father of Indian Corn / Chippewa-Ojibwa

Legend of the White Plume / Iowa

Boy stolen by Thunderbird / Winnebago

Holy Song (Medicine Song) / Winnebago

Some adventures of "The little hare" / Winnebago

Making the sacred bundle / Pawnee

Legend of the Piasa / Illini

Two brothers who became stars / Wichita

Part five: From the Southeast

Origin of Earth / Tuskegee

In the beginning / Yuchi

First fire / Cherokee

Origin of Game and of Corn / Cherokee

Ball game of the Birds and the Animals / Cherokee

Origin of Medicine / Cherokee

Hero with the Horned Snakes / Cherokee

Green Corn Festival / Shawnee

Walnut-Cracker / Creek

How Rabbit fooled Alligator / Creek

Celestial Canoe / Alabama

Milky Way / Seminole

Men visit the sky / Seminole

Adoption of the human race / Natchez

Part six: From the Northeast

First People and the first corn / Penobscot-Passamaquoddy

Origin of the Thunderbird / Passamaquoddy

Flying canoe / Passamaquoddy

Loyal sweetheart / Passamaquoddy

Origin of the Medicine Man / Passamaquoddy

Giant and the Four Wind Brothers / Penobscot

Origin of Indian Summer / Penobscot

Water famine / Penobscot

Legend of the Bear family / Penobscot

Strange origin of corn / Abnaki

Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights / Wabanaki

Indians at Niagara Falls / Seneca

Sacrifice at Niagara Falls / Seneca

Three brothers who followed the sun / Seneca

Seek your father / Seneca

A Mashpee ghost story / Wampanoag

Rabbit and Otter, the bungling host / Micmac

Origin of the Iroquois Nations / Iroquois

De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha / Iroquois.

As It Was

From the Northwest

The Creation of the First Indians: Chelan

Coyote and Multnomah Falls: Wasco

When the Animals and Birds Were Created: Makah

Raven's Great Adventure: Alaska

Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood: Yellowstone

Coyote and the Monsters of the Bitterroot Valley: Flathead or Salish

Creation of the Red and White Races: Flathead or Salish

The Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers: Moses Band of Columbia River Indians

Coyote's Adventures in Idaho: Flathead

The Origin of Camas Roots: Okanagon

Coyote's Salmon: Sanpoil

Woodpecker and the Theft of Fire: Sanpoil

Pah-To, The White Eagle: Wasco

The Bridge of the Gods: Wasco

Raven and His Grandmother: Aleuts

The White-Faced Bear: Aleuts

The Two Inquisitive Men: Aleuts

The Girl Who Searched for Her Lover: Aleuts

The Girl Who Married the Moon: Aleuts

From the Southwest

The Flood on Superstition Mountain: Pima

How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World: Hopi

How the Great Chiefs Made the Moon and the Sun: Hopi

First Journey through Grand Canyon: Hopi

Origin of the Clans: Hopi

The Wind God: Hopi

At the Rainbow's End: Navaho

Legend of the Night Chant: Navaho

Spider Rock: Navaho

Song of the Horses: Navaho

The Story of the Two Brother-Cousins: Navaho

Creation: Apache

Origin of Fire: Jicarilla-Apache

Origin of the Animals: Jicarilla-Apache

An Apache Medicine Dance: Jicarilla-Apache

Legend of the Big Bird: Chipewyan

The Legend of the White Bear: Chipewyan

The Hummingbird: Zuni

The Four Flutes: Zuni

The Yellow Hand: Papago

Why the North Star Stands Still: Paiute

A California Creation Myth: Yokut

Why Mount Shasta Erupted: Shasta

Land of the Ghost Dance: Shasta

A San Joaquin Valley Tale: Mariposa

The Queen of Death Valley: Shoshone

The Story of Creation: Dieguenos

The Fly at the Council: Dieguenos

The Impiety of Frog: Dieguenos

Fiesta Tu-chai-pai: Dieguenos

The Origin Of Yosemite: Yosemite (Miwok)

The Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la: Yosemite (Miwok)

How Half Dome Was Formed: Yosemite (Miwok)

Bridal Veil Fall: Yosemite (Miwok)

Leaping Frog Rocks: Yosemite (Miwok)

The Legend of the Geysers: Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo)

Before This Land: Luiseno

Tales of Lake Tahoe: Washo

The Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook: Hawaii

The Hula School: Hawaii

From the Great Plains

Origin of the Buffalo: Cheyenne

How the Buffalo Hunt Began: Cheyenne

Eagle War Feathers: Cheyenne

Enough Is Enough: Cheyenne

Falling-Star: Northern Cheyenne

Buffalo and Eagle Wing: Unknown

The Sun Dance: Hidatsa

The Corn Ceremony: Hidatsa

An Address to Mother Corn: Arikara

The Buffalo Dance: Mandan

Sun Dance Mountain: Dakota-Sioux

Origin of the Prairie Rose: Dakota-Sioux

The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn: Dakota-Sioux

The Legend of Standing Rock: Dakota-Sioux

The Mysterious Butte: Dakota-Sioux

Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe: Dakota-Sioux

Legend of the Thunder God: Dakota-Sioux

A Teton Ghost Story: Dakota-Sioux

How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo: Arapaho

The Buffalo Rock: Blackfeet

The Wise Man of Chief Mountain: Blackfeet

Origin of the Sweat Lodge: Piegan

Puma and the Bear: Ute

Porcupine Hunts Buffalo: Ute

Coyote vs. Duck: Ute

Two Fawns and a Rabbit: Ute

Two Grandsons: Ute

The Origin of Summer and Winter: Acoma

From the Central Region

Arch Rock on Mackinac Island: Ottawa

The Great Serpent and the Great Flood: Chippewa-Ojibwa

The Forsaken Brother: Chippewa

Father of Indian Corn: Chippewa-Ojibwa

Legend of the White Plume: Iowa

Boy Stolen by Thunderbird: Winnebago

Holy Song (Medicine Song): Winnebago

Some Adventures of "The Little Hare": Winnebago

Making the Sacred Bundle: Pawnee

Legend of the Piasa: Illini

Two Brothers Who Became Stars: Wichita

From the Southeast

The Origin of Earth: Tuskegee

In the Beginning: Yuchi

The First Fire: Cherokee

The Origin of Game and of Corn: Cherokee

The Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals: Cherokee

The Origin of Medicine: Cherokee

The Hero with the Horned Snakes: Cherokee

The Green Corn Festival: Shawnee

The Walnut-Cracker: Creek

How Rabbit Fooled Alligator: Creek

The Celestial Canoe: Alabama

The Milky Way: Seminole

Men Visit the Sky: Seminole

Adoption of the Human Race: Natchez

From the Northeast

The First People and the First Corn: Penobscot-Passamaquoddy

The Origin of the Thunderbird: Passamaquoddy

The Flying Canoe: Passamaquoddy

The Loyal Sweetheart: Passamaquoddy

Origin of the Medicine Man: Passamaquoddy

The Giant and the Four Wind Brothers: Penobscot

The Origin of Indian Summer: Penobscot

The Water Famine: Penobscot

The Legend of the Bear Family: Penobscot

The Strange Origin of Corn: Abnaki

Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights: Wabanaki

Indians at Niagara Falls: Seneca

The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls: Seneca

Three Brothers Who Followed the Sun: Seneca

Seek Your Father: Seneca

A Mashpee Ghost Story: Wampanoag

Rabbit and Otter, The Bungling Host: Micmac

The Origin of the Iroquois Nations: Iroquois

De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha: Iroquois.