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Native American Literature Repository for legends and traditional stories from hundreds of tribes. http://www.indigenouspeople.net/natlit.htm Native American Stories and Legends Collection of American Indian folktales from various tribes. http://mytwobeadsworth.com/NLoreopen.html Stonee's WebLodge Collection of traditional tales from many Indian traditions. http://lehua.ilhawaii.net/~stony/ Tales of the North American Indians 1929 collection of Indian legends and stories. http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/tnai/ Aadizookaanag -- Traditional Stories, Legends and Myths Essay on Indian legends as cultural property, with links to authentic sources of folktales. http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/myths.html The Ku Bird and the Walking Stone Two tales excerpted from a book of Yaqui myths. http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/samples/sam161.htm Indian Story and Song from North America Nineteenth-century collection of native legends by Alice Fletcher. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?id=6ab6b8ffba&doc=07363 Native American Indian Folklore List of tales indexed by tribe. http://www.earthbow.com/native/ Canku Ota: Stories Index Archive of native legends and folktales published in this Indian cultural newsletter. http://www.turtletrack.org/CO_Indices/CO_Index_Story.htm Native American Lore Index of Indian legends by title and theme. http://home.no.net/norweagl/lore/index0.htm Native American Stories Collection of Indian legends, mostly unattributed, from various tribal traditions. http://www.angelfire.com/ia2/stories3/ Piasa Bird Legend The fictional Illinois "Indian" legend of the Piasa Bird, and the explanation of its true origins (a white fictionwriter invented it in the 19th century). http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dreyer_infonet/piasa4.htm Nevada Native Story-Telling Several Paiute and Shoshone legends, with lesson plans for using them in the classroom. http://www.unr.edu/nnap/NT/st-1.htm Zuñi Folk Tales Frank Hamilton Cushing's 1901 collection of legends and stories. http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/zuni/zft/ A Collection of Yukon River Indian Legends Small e-text collection of tales. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?id=6ab6b8ffba&doc=14707 Indian Legends Tribal index of Native American stories. With links and a discussion forum. http://www.indianlegend.com Bladder-Head Boy A Kaska legend recalling the now-extinct woolly mammoth. http://www.folklore.bc.ca/Bladderheadboy.htm The Legend of Eagleman An excerpt from a collection of Pima Indian tales. http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/samples/sam423.htm Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Americans Lumbee, Cherokee, and Occaneechi traditional storytelling and stories. http://www.ibiblio.org/storytelling/ Native American Trickster Tales Four texts from different tribal traditions, with introduction and links. http://www.pittstate.edu/engl/nichols/coyote.html Eldrbarry's Raven Tales Collection of Indian legends from the Pacific Northwest. http://www.eldrbarry.net/rabb/rvn/rvn.htm Acjachamen Creation Myth A student paper exploring Juaneno creation mythology. http://iserver.saddleback.cc.ca.us/div/la/neh/juaneno.htm The Story of the Bear and His Indian Wife Nineteenth-century recounting of a Haida legend. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?id=6ab6b8ffba&doc=14896 Indian Why Stories Frank Linderman's 1915 compilation of various native legends and tales. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=LinIndi&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed The Children and the Hummingbird Excerpt from a book of Hopi legends. http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/samples/sam324.htm Tales from the Totems of the Hidery Nineteenth-century collection of Haida legends. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?id=6ab6b8ffba&doc=06053 Zicahota Tales and Legends Traditional stories from several Indian nations. http://www.zicahota.com/tales.html

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