Animals, elements, the solar system, and natural phenomena are revered by the Apaches. That which is beyond their understanding is always ascribed to the supernatural. Here is their creation story.Continue to Apache Creation Story →
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs and 28 other bands that are based in Canada comprise the Micmac Nation. The Micmacs are members of the Wabanaki Confederacy, an alliance that was forged among the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki tribes in the 18th century.Continue to Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine →
AUTHOR: Cheyenne Legend, Myth, Oral Story When the world was created Death did not occur. The Earth became so overcrowded that eventually there wasn’t room for any more beings.Continue to The origin of death →
When the horses first appeared to the Blackfeet people, they thought the strange animals were dogs sent as a gift from the sky from Old Man, creator of all things.Continue to How Sky Dogs (the horse) were created →
AUTHOR: Pima Legend, Myth, Oral Story Pima legend of how the first man and first woman were made.Continue to Pima Legend of the First People →
AUTHOR: Cherokee Legend, Myth, Oral Story How Corn came to feed the Cherokee people and people all over the Earth.Continue to How the Cherokee got Corn →