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The trickster

As several bizarre murders occur in a Canadian ski resort town, Sam Hunt, a Kinchuinick Indian who has turned his back on his cultural roots, begins to have blackouts and awakens with blood on his face.
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American Indian trickster tales

1998
Contains over one hundred tales drawn from the Native American traditions of fifty-five North American tribes, each featuring the ever-changing character of the trickster.

Iktomi and the buffalo skull

a Plains Indian story
1996
Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.

Iktomi and the buzzard

a Plains Indian story
1998
Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.

Trickster tales from prairie lodgefires

1979
Stories and fables of two prairie Indian tribes, the Poncas and the Kiowas, about a character who was half medicine man and half trickster and how he affected the lives of various animals and other Indians who lived on the prairie.

Pedro fools the gringo

and other tales of a Latin American trickster
1995
Twelve short tales of Pedro Urdemales, a cunning trickster often mistaken for a fool.

Iktomi and the buzzard

a Plains Indian story
1994
Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.

West African trickster tales

1994
The tricksters of West African lore are put to the test. Features Hare, Tortoise, and Ananse the spider.

The Barefoot book of trickster tales

1998
A collection of nine tales of tricksters from different cultures around the world.

Here comes tricky rabbit

1994
Tricky Rabbit has to hop in and out of trouble every day tricking wolves, Bobcat, and Otter in these American Indian stories.

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