How Glooskap Found the Summer
Long ago a mighty race of Indians lived near the sunrise, and they called themselves Wabanaki---Children of Light. Glooskap was their master. He was kind to his people and did many great deeds for them.
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Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation
The Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation are a federally recognized tribe of Makah Indians. Linguistically and ethnographically, they are closely related to the Nuu-chah-nulth and Ditidaht peoples of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, who live across the Strait of Juan de Fuca in British Columbia, Canada.
Dine (Navajo) Creation Story
AUTHOR: Dine’ or Navajo creation story, legend, myth, oral story There was once a First World below the World as we know it. Everything was black and it had in it only six beings. They were First Man, the Son of Night and the Blue Sky over Sunset; First Woman, the Daughter of Day Break and the Yellow Sky of Sunset; Salt Woman; Fire God; Coyote and Begochiddy. Begochiddy had blue eyes and golden hair and was both man and…
Poplar River First Nation fears for one of the Earth’s lungs
AUTHOR: DeNeen L. Brown, Washington Post Staff Writer In the Boreal Forest, a storm is developing. The elders used to say that one should not make a sound when crossing the water here, lest one awaken the thunderbird who lives just up there, up there.
The Shawnee profit: Tenskwatawa
Once named Lalawthicka which means "He who makes a loud noise" due to his habit of bragging about himself, thiis man was given the new name of Tenskwatawa which means "The Open Door" after having a vision of heaven. He later became known as the Shawnee Prophet.
Tenskwatawa: The Open Door / Shawnee Prophet
Tenskwatawa, the brother of Tecumseh, was best known as a powerful medicine man known as the Shawnee Prophet. Once named Lalawthicka which means "He who makes a loud noise" due to his habit of bragging about himself, this man was given the new name of Tenskwatawa which means "The Open Door" after having a vision of heaven.