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All Indians love stories, hearing them and telling them. The Blackfeet may have more wonderful and varied stories that any other tribe: Stories about creation, the natural and supernatural world around them, their heroes and legends, their trials and tribulations, their family, culture, way of life, and history.
Here's a few of them:
TWO FAST RUNNERS
THE WOLF MAN
KŬT-O-YĬS´, THE BLOOD BOY
THE DOG AND THE ROOT DIGGER
THE CAMP OF THE GHOSTS
THE BUFFALO STONE
HOW THE THUNDER PIPE CAME
COLD MAKER'S MEDICINE
THE ALL COMRADES SOCIETIES
THE BULLS SOCIETY
THE OTHER SOCIETIES
THE FIRST MEDICINE LODGE
THE BUFFALO-PAINTED LODGES
MĪKA´PI—RED OLD MAN
RED ROBE'S DREAM
THE BLACKFEET CREATION
OLD MAN STORIES
THE WONDERFUL BIRD
THE RABBITS' MEDICINE
THE LOST ELK MEAT
THE ROLLING ROCK
BEAR AND BULLBERRIES
THE THEFT FROM THE SUN
THE SMART WOMAN CHIEF
BOBCAT AND BIRCH TREE
THE RED-EYED DUCK
THE ANCIENT BLACKFEET
(If you would like to hear, rather than read these stories:AUDIO versions available here:
http://www.archive.org/details/blackfeet_indian_stories_0805_librivox )
For the following stories, go to Archive.org
THE WOMAN WHO EARNED AN ACAN'S NAME
THE 8TORT OF THE THUNDER MEDICINE
CUTBANK
HOW MOUNTAIN CHIEF FOUND HIS HOR8E8
WHITE FUR AND HIS BEAVER CLAN
THE STORY OF THE BAD WIFE
OLD MAN AND THE WOMAN
LITTLE RIVER
OLD MAN AND THE WOLVES
NEW ROBE, THE RESCUER
SAINT MARY'S LAKES
THE STORY OF THE FIRST HORSES
ONE HORN, SHAMER OF CROWS
THE ELK MEDICINE CEREMONY
THE STORY OF TOBACCO
SWIFT CURRENT RIVER
THE JEALOUS WOMEN
CHIEF MOUNTAIN
THE WISE MAN
The next book is available at: http://www.archive.org/details/oldnorthtrailorl00mccluoft
THE OLD NORTH TRAIL: Life, Legends and Religion of the Blackfeet Indians
BY WALTER McCLlNTOCK (published 1910)
The next book is available at: http://www.archive.org/details/fiveyearscaptive00crakrich
Five years a captive among the Black-Feet Indians, or, A thrilling narrative of the adventures,perils and suffering endured by John Dixon (published 1859)
WHY THE CHIPMUNK'S BACK IS STRIPED
HOW THE DUCKS GOT THEIR FINE FEATHERS
WHY THE KINGFISHER ALWAYS WEARS A WAR-BONNET
WHY THE CURLEW'S BILL IS LONG AND CROOKED
OLD-MAN REMAKES THE WORLD
WHY BLACKFEET NEVER KILL MICE
HOW THE OTTER SKIN BECAME GREAT MEDICINE
OLD-MAN STEALS THE SUN'S LEGGINGS
OLD-MAN AND HIS CONSCIENCE
OLD-MAN'S TREACHERY
WHY THE NIGHT-HAWK'S WINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL
WHY THE MOUNTAIN-LION IS LONG AND LEAN
THE FIRE-LEGGINGS
THE MOON AND THE GREAT SNAKE
WHY THE DEER HAS NO GALL
WHY INDIANS WHIP THE BUFFALO-BERRIES FROM THE BUSHES
OLD-MAN AND THE FOX
WHY THE BIRCH-TREE WEARS THE SLASHES IN ITS BARK
MISTAKES OF OLD-MAN
HOW THE MAN FOUND HIS MATE
DREAMS
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