Indian Nature Myths
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. ILLUSTRATIONS4. HOW THE SEASONS CAME TO BE (Ojibwa)5. BIRTH OF THE ARBUTUS (Ojibwa)6. THE MAIDEN WITH GOLDEN HAIR (Chippewa)7. ORIGIN OF THE VIOLET (Iroquois)8. THE BEGINNING OF BIRDS (Blackfeet)9. WHY THE WIND WAILS (Algonquin)10. STORY OF THE HUMMING BIRD (Shoshonee)11. THE GIFT OF INDIAN CORN (Chippewa)12. THE STARS THAT DANCE (Iroquois)13. THE PUKWUDJEE AND THE MORNING STAR (Ojibwa)14. THE WHITE HAWK (Shawnee)15. HOW MOSQUITOES CAME TO BE (Iroquois)16. HOW BIRDS AND FAIRIES CAME TO BE (Algonquin)17. WHY THE ASPEN LEAVES ARE NEVER STILL (Blackfeet)18. WHY THE BABY SAYS “GOO” (Algonquin)19. WHY THE SQUIRREL COUGHS (Algonquin)20. WHY THE FROGS CROAK (Algonquin)21. THE ROCK OF THE MEASURING WORM EL CAPITÁN, IN THE YOSEMITE (California Tribes)22. HOW THE FLYING SQUIRREL GOT HIS WINGS (Iroquois)23. WHY BROTHER BEAR WEARS A STUMPY TAIL (Ojibwa)24. THE THUNDER PEOPLE (Passamaquoddy)25. KEEPER OF THE WINDS (Algonquin)