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Monster Birds

a Navajo folktale
1993
Twelve-year-old twins use their weapons, lightning arrows and magic feathers, to defend their village from the Monster Birds.

How Turtle's back was cracked

a traditional Cherokee tale
1995
Turtle's shell is cracked when the wolves plot to stop his boastful ways.

How Rabbit tricked Otter

and other Cherokee trickster stories
1994
Fifteen traditional tales follow the adventures of Rabbit, the Cherokee trickster.

How Chipmunk got tiny feet

Native American animal origin stories
1995
Retellings of seven stories about animal origins taken from Koasati Creek, Navajo, and Tsimshian traditions.

Coyote makes man

1995
Coyote has the delicate task of creating the first human being. He calls all the animals together to ask their advice.

Coyote and the laughing butterflies

1995
Coyote is tricked by some butterflies who laugh so hard about their joke that they cannot fly straight.

The boy who dreamed of an acorn

1994
At first disappointed that his mountain quest has only given him a dream of a tiny acorn, a young Chinook boy comes to recognize that his position in his tribe is as strong as the tree that grows from the acorn.

The Kwakiutl Indians

1993
Examines the life and culture of the Kwakiutl Indians.

The Lenape Indians

1994
Examines the history, culture, and future prospects of the Lenape (also known as Delaware) Indians.

The Cheyenne Indians

1992
Examines the history, culture, and future prospects of the Cheyenne Indians.

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