Native American lore & legends

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Coyote and the grasshoppers

a Pomo legend
1998
By listening to the Great Spirit and eating huge quantities of grasshoppers, Coyote is able to save the Pomo from drought and starvation.

First Woman and the strawberry

a Cherokee legend
1998
First Woman, upset that First Man will not try a new path, allows her anger to propel her into the unknown forest and refuses to be slowed until the Great Spirit places strawberries in her way. Includes information about the Cherokee Indians.

Red Hawk and the sky sisters

a Shawnee legend
2001
Relates the story of the skilled hunter Red Hawk who captures and marries the youngest daughter of Bright Star, only to have her return to the sky with their son.

Brave Bear and the ghosts

a Sioux legend
1998
Brave Bear outwits four ghosts who are trying to scare him.

Song of the hermit thrush

an Iroquois legend
2002
The animals and birds of the forest hold a contest to choose which will sing a song to greet the day.
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