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1) Iktomi and the coyote: a Plains Indian story

Author

Goble, Paul

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IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1

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After tricking some prairie dogs into becoming his dinner, Iktomi is himself outwitted by Coyote. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.

2) The Lakota way: stories and lessons for living

Author

Marshall, Joseph

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A member of the Sicunga Lakota Sioux and a descendant of the legendary warrior Crazy Horse, Joseph Marshall has dedicated his entire life to spiritual fulfillment and teaching to others the essence of the Lakota wisdom. As a child, he learned from his grandfather: "Insults can hurt, but only if you let them. If you learn to let the wind blow through you, you will take away its power to blow you down. If you let the words pass through you, you will...

3) Blackfoot lodge tales: the story of a prairie people

Author

Grinnell, George Bird

Series

A Bison book volume BB129

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These are Indians' stories, pictures of Indian life drawn by Indian artists, and showing this life from the Indian's point of view.

4) Heetunka's harvest: a tale of the Plains Indians

Author

Jones, Jennifer Berry

Pub. Date

[1994]

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A Dakota woman learns a hard lesson about greed and selfishness when she takes the winter supply of earth beans from Heetunka, the Bean Mouse, and leaves nothing in return.

5) Brave Bear and the ghosts: a Sioux legend

Author

Dominic, Gloria

Series

Native American lore & legends
Native American lore and legends

Pub. Date

c1996

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1

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Brave Bear outwits four ghosts who are trying to scare him.

6) Telling stories the Kiowa way

Author

Palmer, Gus

Pub. Date

c2003

7) How rabbit lost his tail: a traditional Cherokee legend

Author

Duvall, Deborah L

Series

Grandmother stories volume 3
A grandmother story volume 003

Pub. Date

[2003]

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When Rabbit becomes jealous of Otter's beautiful coat, which causes his own beautiful tail to be ignored, he plots to steal the coat and become popular again.