Old Indian Legends

An old legend “Iktomi and the Muskrat” is a very wise, instructive and funny ...

Two hunters heard the voice of a crying child. One of them went to the tall grass and pic...

There was a hunting season. Indian men, with bows and arrows, were wading waist deep amid...

White Hawk was a hunter. He lived in the forest where were different kinds of animals. He...

Once upon a time there was a man who had ten daughters. They were beautiful, but the youn...

The story “The Toad-Woman” tells us about a young woman who was living alone ...

An old native legend “Iktomi’s Blanket” tells us a story of Iktomi whos...

At the time when the animals dominated in the earth, they had killed all the people but a...

One man with a long bow sat upon the top of a little hillock. He was waiting for the chie...

Once upon a time the hunter stood over a newly slain deer. He looked at the arrow which w...

The legend “Gray Eagle and his Five Brothers” is a very kind and instructive ...

“Leelinau, the Lost Daughter” is a story about a little girl who passed much ...

Indian fairy tales are full of allegory and wisdom, a triumph of the truth above lies, tr...