Tepee tales of the American Indian Book

A retelling of traditional tales from a variety of North American Indian tribes. Contents: --When animals lived as equals with the people. The rooster, the mockingbird, and the maiden (Hopi) -- The bear man (Cherokee) -- How Antelope Carrier saved the thunderbirds (Arikara) -- Why dogs have long tongues (Caddo) -- The great shell of Kintyel (Navaho) -- The girl who climbed to the sky (Arapaho-Caddo). --Before the white men came. The Cheyenne prophet (Cheyenne) -- The deeds and prophecies of Old Man (Blackfoot) -- How day and night were divided (Creek) -- How the buffalo were released on Earth (Apache-Comanche) -- How corn came to the Earth (Arikara) -- How Rabbit brought fire to the people (Creek) -- Godasiyo the woman chief (Seneca). --Allegories. The return of Ice Man (Cherokee) -- Ice Man and the messenger of springtime (Chippewa). --First contacts with Europeans. How Iscoda and his friends met the white men from the east and journeyed across the great waters (Ottawa) -- Katlian and the iron people (Tlingit) -- How the first white men came to the Cheyennes.(Cheyenne). --The coming of the horse. How a Piegan warrior found the first horses (Blackfoot) -- Water Spirit's gift of horses (Blackfoot). --Tricksters and magicians. How Rabbit fooled Wolf (Creek) -- Coyote and the rolling rock (Salish-Blackfoot) -- Skunk outwits Coyote (Comanche) -- Nihancan and the dwarf's arrow (Arapaho) -- Swift-Runner and the trickster tarantula (Zuni) -- Buffalo Woman, a story of magic (Caddo). --Heroes and heroines. The hunter and the Dakwa (Cherokee) -- The prisoners of the Court House Rock (Pawnee) -- Red Shield and Running Wolf (Crow). --Animal stories. The bluebird and the coyote (Pima) -- The story of the bat (Creek) -- Crow and Hawk (Cochiti) -- Why Coyote stopped imitating his friends (Caddo). --Ghost stories. The lame warrior and the skeleton (Arapaho) -- Heavy Collar and the ghost woman (Blackfoot) -- The Sioux who wrestled with a ghost (Sioux).