This wonderfully appealing anthology gathers more than 130 Native American legends, many told to the authors by elder storytellers and
tribal historians. The legends feature a broad array of mythical figures, such as Thunderbird, Coyote, and Raven, as well as human-like characters "The
Girl Who Married the Moon" and "Two Brothers Who Became Stars."

Organized by region--with tales from the Northwest, Southwest, Great Plains, Southeast, and Northeast--the legends are drawn from many tribes, including the Wasco, Aleut, Apache, Yosemite, Cheyenne, Sioux, Hopi, Navajo, Chippewa, Cherokee and others, and are introduced by an informative headnote, accompanied by a variety of evocative line-art drawings. The stories include:

• The Bridge of the Gods, Wasco
• Raven's Great Adventure, Alaska
• Song of the Horses, Navaho
• Origin of Fire, Jicarilla-Apache
• The Corn Ceremony, Hidatsa
• The Great Serpent and the Great Flood, Chippewa-Ojibwa
• The Origin of Earth, Tuskegee
• The Legend of the Bear Family, Penobscot
• The Origin of the Iroquois Nations, Iroquois

Get to know the first peoples of North America through these stories from their rich oral traditions.