Goble, Paul

A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race, a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whether man or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of Creation.

An Indian tribe forms a friendship with the wolves after two children, lost in the mountains, are safely returned.

Crow Chief always warns the buffalo that hunters are coming, until Falling Star, a savior, comes to camp, tricks Crow Chief, and teaches him that all must share and live like relatives together.

When two Plains Indian children become lost, they are cared for and guided safely home by a friendly wolf.

Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

Relates Iktomi's fruitless efforts to pick some buffalo berries.

The Great Spirit gives the sacred dog to an Indian boy seeking relief for his hungry people.

Relates the Blackfoot Indian legend in which Star Boy gains the Sun's forgiveness for his mother's disobedience and is allowed to return to the Sky World.

Iktomi, a Plains Indian trickster, attempts to defeat a boulder with the assistance of some bats, in this story which explains why the Great Plains are covered with small stones.