Frank Carlson Library

Retells the Cheyenne legend in which a girl and her seven chosen brothers become the Big Dipper.

A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

Relates the Blackfoot Indian legend in which Star Boy gains the Sun's forgiveness for his mother's disobedience and is allowed to return to the Sky World.

After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.

Two friends go out hunting for horses--but only one returns--in this story based in the Lakota Indian tradition.

Rev. ed. of: The friendly wolf. When two Plains Indian children becomeolost, they are cared for and guided safely home by a friendly wolf.

A Lakota Indian legend in which the White Buffalo Woman presents her people with the Sacred Calf Pipe which gives them the means to pray to the Great Spirit.

Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.

Based on a Lakota myth in which a mysterious woman returns the buffalo and the other animals to the Indian people.

Iktomi, a Plains Indian trickster, attempts to defeat a boulder with the assistance of some bats, in this story which explains why the Great Plains are covered with small stones.