How the Cherokee got Corn
How Corn came to feed the Cherokee people and people all over the Earth. Many years ago there was an old woman who lived happily with her grandson until the boy turned seven years...
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Origin of the Buffalo A Cheyenne Legend
Long ago, a tribe of Cheyenne hunters lived at the head of a rushing stream, which eventually emptied into a large cave. Because of the great need for a new food supply for his...
The girl who married a dog
A Cheyenne Legend A chief had a fine-looking daughter. She had a great many admirers. At night she was visited by a young man, but she did not know who he was. She worried...
The legend of the jackalope
Sometimes it’s hard to separate myth from mundane. And sometimes the two become so intertwined that the “facts” are almost impossible to discern. Perhaps it’s that the human mind needs the fantasy of something...
The Legend of the White Horse Plain
An Assiniboin | Cree | Sioux Legend The Legend of the White Horse Plain by Margaret Arnett MacLeod Manitoba Pageant, January 1958, Volume 3, Number 2 This article was published originally in Manitoba Pageant...
The legend of the thunderbird
Bolts of lightning were said to shoot from the eyes of the Thunderbird and claps of thunder to come from the movement of his wings. Fierce and strong, the Thunderbird brought the storms and...
The Legend Of The White Buffalo Woman
Long, long ago, their band chose two young and handsome Lakota men to find out where the Buffalo were. While the men were riding in the buffalo country, they saw someone in the distance...
Why the leaves have many colors in Autumn ?
A Wyandot (Huron) Legend The wise men turned to him who wrote, Then they looked at the trees on many hills. It was the autumn. The leaves had many colors.They said, ” We will...
Wyandotte (Huron) Creation Legend and How the Sun was Made
In the beginning, the people were all Wyandots. They lived in Heaven. Hoo-wah-yooh-wah-neh, The Great Spirit or mighty chief, led them. Long ago this world was almost covered with water. There was only a little...
How He Got Tongue – Cheyenne Legend
Wihio was living in his home, and not far away was a camp of people. One day he had nothing to eat, and now way to kill anything; so he paid a visit to...
