LEGENDS MYTHS HEROS
of the North American Plains Indians

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Old Indian Legends
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
Indian Heros and Great Chieftains


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Old Indian Legends
AS RETOLD BY ZITKALA-SA
Note: Iktomi (Unktomi) is a trickster spider imp who teaches by giving "bad" examples.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Iktomi and the Ducks
Iktomi's Blanket
Iktomi and the Muscrat
Iktomi and the Coyote
Iktomi and the Fawn
The Badger and the Bear
The Tree-bound
Shooting of the Red Eagle
Iktomi and the Turtle
Dance in a Buffalo Skull
The Toad and the Boy
Iya, the Camp-eater
Manstin, the Rabbit
The Warlike Seven


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Myths and Legends of the Sioux
AS RETOLD BY MARIE L. MCLAUGHLIN (1913)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication
Foreword
The Forgotten Ear of Corn
The Little Mice
The Pet Rabbit
The Pet Donkey
The Rabbit and the Elk
The Rabbit and the Grouse Girls
The Faithful Lovers
The Artichoke and the Muskrat
The Rabbit, and the Bear with the Flint Body
Story of the Lost Wife
The Raccoon and the Crawfish
Legend of Standing Rock
Story of the Peace Pipe
A Bashful Courtship
The Simpleton's Wisdom
Little Brave and the Medicine Woman
The Bound Children
The Signs of Corn
Story of the Rabbits
How the Rabbit Lost His Tail
Unktomi and the Arrowheads
The Bear and the Rabbit Hunt Buffalo
The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior
The Sioux Who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter
The Boy and the Turtles
The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn
The Mysterious Butte
The Wonderful Turtle
The Man and the Oak
Story of the Two Young Friends
The Story of the Pet Crow
The "Wasna" (Pemmican Man) and the Unktomi (Spider)
The Resuscitation of the Only Daughter
The Story of the Pet Crane
White Plume
Story of Pretty Feathered Forehead
The Four Brothers or Inyanhoksila (Stone Boy)
The Unktomi (Spider), Two Widows and the Red Plums


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Indian Heros and Great Chieftains
BY CHARLES A. EASTMAN (OHIYESA)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Little Crow
Tamahay
Gall
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
Rain-In-The-Face
Two Strike
American Horse
Dull Knife
Roman Nose
Chief Joseph
Little Wolf
Hole-In-The-Day


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