Native American Mythology began long before the European settlers arrived on North American soil. Contrary to popular beliefs, there is more to Native American Folklore than stories of buffalo hunts, teepee living and animal stories. Hundreds of tribes throughout North American created a huge mythological system that has rivaled that of the Greeks. Many of these tales have been lost, or are often hard to find. This collection represents a history that should be remembered.
As a Native American myself, I embrace these stories. Native Americans tribes offer such a rich heritage. They have recorded a huge amount of their history through storytelling. In these stories you will relive their history and the lives of North America’s First People.
The stories in this book have been handed down from generation to generation. And in such tradition, they are now handed down to you, to share with the next generation. Included in this anthology, are a group of collected works from the well-known, to the often-forgotten tribes. The tales included within this book feature one of the most familiar animals in Native American folklore, the Buffalo. Often depicted as fierce, the strongest and most powerful of creatures, as you will read in the folklore within this collection.
Among the stories in the anthology are: Song of the Buffalo, Origin of the Buffalo, The Piqued Buffalo-Wife, Splinter Foot Girl, The Quill-Work Girl and Her Seven Brothers, Buffalo Hunting Of The Plains, How the Buffalo Hunt Began, Origin of the Animals, The Buffalo Rock, The Origins of the Buffalo Dance, White Buffalo Woman, Coyote and Porcupine, Coyote Frees the Buffalo, Tale of Coyote Becomes a Buffalo, The Ghosts’ Buffalo, The Story of the Blood Boy, Myth of the White Buffalo Woman, Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood, How the Buffalo were Released on Earth, How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo, White Crow Hides the Animals, The Eye Juggler, The Magic Windpipe, The Fox and the Kingfisher, Story Of The Peace Pipe, Dance in a Buffalo Skull, Tale of the Girl Who Had Power to Call the Buffalo, Falling-Star, Blood Clot Boy, Buffalo Woman a Story of Magic, and many more.