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Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the "Lost Children, " or Pleiades.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.
12) Star Boy
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1983]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A Lakota Indian legend in which the White Buffalo Woman presents her people with the Sacred Calf Pipe which gives them the means to pray to the Great Spirit.
15) Buffalo woman
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
[1984]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
27 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this Algonquin "Earth Diver" creation myth, woven from the ideas of several traditional tales, the water birds and animals left behind when the old world was flooded dive for mud so that the Creator can make dry land again.
17) Love flute
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
A gift to a shy young man from the birds and animals helps him to express his love to a beautiful girl.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.
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