Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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The Creation	Osage	19
How the World was Made	Cherokee	22
The Flood and the Rainbow	Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)	26
The First Fire	Cherokee	28
The Ancestors of People	Osage	31
Origin of Strawberries	Cherokee	32
Sacred Legend	Omaha	34
The Legend of the Peace Pipes	Omaha	38
A Tradition of the Calumet	Lenni-Lenapi (Delaware)	41
The Sacred Pole	Omaha	43
Ikto and the Thunders	Teton	46
The Thunder Bird	Comanche	47
The Thunder Bird	Assiniboin	48
Song to the Thunder Gods	Omaha	49
Songs of the Buffalo Hunt	Sioux	50
Origin of the Buffalo	Teton	53
The Buffalo Being	Teton	55
The Youth and the Underground People	Omaha	57
The Buffalo and the Grizzly Bear	Omaha	68
My First Buffalo Hunt	Omaha	71
Bird Omens	Sioux	73
The Bird Chief	Omaha	74
Song of the Birds	Pawnee	75
Song of Kawas, the Eagle	Pawnee	77
The Eagle’s Revenge	Cherokee	78
The Race between Humming Bird and Crane	Cherokee	80
Rabbit and the Turkeys	Omaha	82
Unktomi and the Bad Songs	Dakota	84
How the Pheasant Beat Corn	Cherokee	88
Why Turkey Gobbles	Cherokee	89
Omaha Beliefs	Omaha	90
Pawnee Beliefs	Pawnee	92
A Song of Hospitality	Sioux	95
A Song of the March	Sioux	96
Song of the Prairie Breeze	Kiowa	97
Old-Woman-Who-Never-Dies	Mandan	98
Legend of the Corn	Arikara	101
Tradition of the Finding of Horses	Ponca	105
Dakota Beliefs and Customs	Dakota	108
Why the Tetons Bury on Scaffolds	Teton	110 Clyx.com