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Shoshone-Bannock History in Idaho
PART I OF II: 2008's historic Idaho Democratic Convention, held in Boise, ID, June 12-14, invited Idaho Native American Tribal members from the Shoshone-Bannock/Fort Hall, Shoshone-Paiute/Duck Valley, Nez Perce, and Coeur D'Alene tribal communities to take an active part in the convention activities. On June 12th, the Idaho AFL-CIO hosted a Democratic picnic for convention goers. Mr. Ted Howard, Cultural Resource Director, Duck Valley, spoke to picnic participants about the Shoshone-Paiute-Bannock history in the Boise Valley area. 9:49 minutes.

Part II-Grand Entry, Flag Ceremony and Recessional
All convention tribal members participated in the grand entry at the beginning of the June 13th Idaho Democratic Convention gathering followed by a flag ceremony and presentation by Mr. Lee Juan Tyler, Council Member, Shoshone-Bannock/Fort Hall community. Fort Hall and Duck Valley singers and drummers played songs for the grand entry, flag ceremony and recessional.
9:59 minutes

Native American Prophecy
Narrated by the late Floyd RedCrow Westerman 6:36 minutes

7 Generations
Elder Orin Lyons talks about preparing for the next 7 generations. 8:43 minutes

Legend->Cherokee: How the Cherokee got Corn
Posted on Tuesday, May 09 @ 15:09:05 CDT (3916 reads)

AUTHOR: Cherokee Legend, Myth, Oral Story

How Corn came to feed the Cherokee people and people all over the Earth.

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Legend->Cherokee: Two Wolves - A Cherokee Tale
Posted on Sunday, February 15 @ 00:59:44 CST (24357 reads)

Anonymous writes KEYWORDS: cherokee legend cherokee story wolf analogy wolf story elder wisdom good and evil Cherokee oral story children's fable story for kids wolves fable

An elder cherokee was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, "A fight is going on inside me. It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.

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Legend->Cherokee: Grandmother Spider Steals the Sun
Posted on Wednesday, March 13 @ 02:31:27 CST (3954 reads)

Keywords: Cherokee legend cherokee myth CHEROKEE ORAL STORY american indian stories native american oral tradition cherokee tribal story bedtime story grandmother spider legend sun story sun myth sun legends creation stories spider legend possum legends fox legend buzzard legend spider woman story

Source: From a tale reported by James Mooney in the 1890's. "American Indian Myths & Legends" Selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.

In the beginning there was only blackness, and nobody could see anything. People kept bumping into each other and groping blindly.

They said: "What this world needs is light."

Fox said he knew some people on the other side of the world who had plenty of light, but they were too greedy to share it with others.

Possum said he would be glad to steal a little of it. "I have a bushy tail," he said. "I can hide the light inside all that fur." Then he set out for the other side of the world.

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Legend->Cherokee: Cherokee Legend of the Butterfly Dance
Posted on Saturday, September 22 @ 00:23:12 CDT (4781 reads)

Raven SiJohn writes Some say the modern day Pow Wow competition dance known as the Ladies Fancy Shawl Dance has its roots in a ceremonial dance called the Butterfly Dance. Here is a Cherokee account of how that dance came to be.

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