Author:Tommy Flamewalker Manasco A lonesome warrior stands in fear of what the future brings, he will never hear the beating drums or the songs his brothers sing. Our many nations once stood tall and ranged from shore to shore but most are gone and few remain and the buffalo roam no more. We shared our [...]

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A Passamaquoddy Legend Chee mahtigwess, or the Great Rabbit, was once very stout or large of body, having a very long tail. And one day in the old times, as he sat on the rock, with his fine long tail trailing afar into the bushes, an old man came by who asked the way. And [...]

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A Pampa Legend It was said that Quehualliu was the most handsome Indian of the tribe. He was always picking up flowers for Pasancana, the beautiful daughter of the chief. Together they learned how to walk and to play. They played in the most beautiful places of the mountain. One day when they were older, [...]

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A Cherokee Legend (If you look at my photo, you see that I have only skin left on my head, so maybe it is me!) A widow with one daughter was always warning the girl that she must be sure to get a good hunter for a husband when she married. The young woman listened [...]

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A Salish Creation Legend Among the people of long, long ago, Old Man Coyote was the symbol of good. Mountain Sheep was the symbol of evil. Old-Man-in-the-Sky created the world. Then he drained all the water off the earth and crowded it into the big salt holes now called the oceans. The land became dry [...]

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Another night had come, and I made my way to War Eagle’s lodge. In the bright moonlight the dead leaves of the quaking-aspen fluttered down whenever the wind shook the trees; and over the village great flocks of ducks and geese and swan passed in a never-ending procession, calling to each other in strange tones [...]

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What a splendid lodge it was, and how grand War Eagle looked leaning against his backrest in the firelight! From the tripod that supported the backrest were suspended his weapons and medicine- bundle, each showing the wonderful skill of the maker. The quiver that held the arrows was combined with a case for the bow, [...]

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Blackfoot (?) Legend Once, before there were any people in the world, the different animals and trees lived and moved about and talked together just like human beings. The pine trees had the secret of fire and guarded it jealously, so that no matter how cold it was, they alone could warm themselves. At length [...]

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A story told by the Kiowa People One day long ago a traveling party of the Kiowa People were crossing the great prairie and camped by a stream. Many of the Bear People lived nearby, and they smelled the Kiowa People. The Bear People were hungry, and some of the bear warriors went out to [...]

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Not really a legend, but definitely an experience! Several years ago, Eva Battise, The wife of the Alabama-Coushatta Chief, shared with me her frybread recipe: Mix 3 Cups flour 1/2 t salt 4 t baking powder enough water to make a stiff dough Pinch off small balls of dough, work them into circles about 5″ [...]

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