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That tricky Coyote!

1993
A collection of legends about the cunning trickster Coyote, taken from a variety of Native American sources.

Star Boy

1983
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.

Quillworker

a Cheyenne legend
1990
A Cheyenne legend explaining the origins of the stars. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cheyenne Indians.

Iktomi and the boulder

a Plains Indian story
1988
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.

Crow chief

a Plains Indian story
1992
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.

Coyote steals the blanket

a Ute tale
1993
Presents a retelling of an Ute folktale, wherein Coyote receives his comeuppance when he tries to take something that does not belong to him.

A river ran wild

an environmental history
1992
An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it.

The double life of Pocahontas

1983
A biography of the famous American Indian princess, emphasizing her life-long adulation of John Smith and the roles she played in two very different cultures.

Buffalo woman

1984
A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

Tapenum's day

a Wampanoag Indian boy in pilgrim times
1996
Recreates a day in the life of a Wampanoag Indian boy during pilgrim times. Tapenum is disappointed when he isn't chosen to become a warrior counselor but he has a plan so that he won't be disappointed again next year.

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