Waubonsee Community College

Voices of the winds, native American legends, Margot Edmonds, Ella E. Clark

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-364) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Voices of the winds

bibliography

19920026

Margot Edmonds, Ella E. Clark

native American legends

Includes tales from the Wasco, Aleuts, Navaho, Apache, Yosemite, Cheyenne, Sioux, Chippewa, Cherokee, and other tribes with informative introductions for each

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)