| Introduction |
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| PART ONE Coyote Creates the World---and a Few Other Things |
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The Beginning of the World (Yokuts) |
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3 | (1) |
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Sun and Moon in a Box (Zuni) |
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4 | (2) |
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Coyote Steals the Sun (Miwok) |
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6 | (3) |
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Origin of the Moon and the Sun (Kalispel) |
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9 | (3) |
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How People Were Made (Miwok) |
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12 | (1) |
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Coyote Steals the Summer (Crow) |
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13 | (2) |
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Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead (Yakima) |
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15 | (3) |
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Coyote Steals Fire (Klamath) |
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18 | (2) |
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Coyote Kills Terrible Monster (Salish) |
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20 | (3) |
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The Seven Devils Mountains (Nez Perce) |
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23 | (2) |
| PART TWO Up to no Good |
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25 | (28) |
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Coyote Taunts the Grizzly Bear (Kutenai) |
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27 | (2) |
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How Locust Tricked Coyote (Zuni) |
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29 | (3) |
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32 | (2) |
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Putting a Saddle on Coyote's Back (Northern Pueblo) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (2) |
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Better Luck Next Time (Hopi) |
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40 | (1) |
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Long Ears Outsmarts Coyote (Pueblo) |
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41 | (3) |
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Old Man Coyote and the Buffalo (Crow) |
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44 | (1) |
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Coyote and Bobcat Have Their Faces Done (Ute) |
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45 | (1) |
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The Adventures of a Meatball (Comanche) |
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46 | (1) |
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Coyote Gets Stuck (Shasta) |
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47 | (1) |
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Anything but Pinon Pitch! (Navajo) |
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48 | (1) |
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Fat, Grease, and Berries (Crow) |
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49 | (1) |
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Don't Be Too Curious (Lakota) |
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50 | (3) |
| PART THREE Coyote's Amorous Adventures |
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53 | (26) |
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Coyote's Amorous Adventures (Shasta) |
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55 | (1) |
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Two Rascals and Their Wives (Pueblo) |
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56 | (2) |
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Coyote Sleeps with His Own Daughters (Southern Ute) |
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58 | (3) |
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Old Man Coyote Meets Coyote Woman (Blackfoot) |
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61 | (2) |
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Coyote and Fox Dress Up (Nez Perce) |
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63 | (2) |
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Coyote and the Girls (Karok and Yurok) |
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65 | (1) |
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Coyote Keeps His Dead Wife's Genitals (Lipan Apache) |
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66 | (1) |
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The Toothed Vagina (Yurok) |
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67 | (2) |
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Something Fishy Going On (Athapascan) |
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69 | (3) |
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Where Do Babies Come From? (Karuk) |
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72 | (2) |
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Winyan-shan Upside Down (Sioux) |
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74 | (5) |
| PART FOUR The Trouble With Rose Hips |
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79 | (12) |
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Coyote, Skunk, and the Beavers (Wichita) |
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81 | (2) |
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Monster Skunk Farting Everyone to Death (Cree) |
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83 | (3) |
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Coyote Sells a Burro That Defecates Money (Lipan Apache) |
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86 | (1) |
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Coyote the Credulous (Taos) |
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86 | (1) |
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The Trouble with Rose Hips (Lipan Apache) |
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87 | (4) |
| PART FIVE Iktomi the Spider-Man |
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91 | (30) |
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93 | (1) |
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Tricking the Trickster (Sioux) |
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94 | (5) |
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Iktomi and the Man-Eating Monster (Lakota) |
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99 | (3) |
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Iktomi, Flint Boy, and the Grizzly (Lakota) |
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102 | (1) |
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Iktomi and the Buffalo Calf (Assiniboine) |
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103 | (2) |
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Ikto's Grandchild Defeats Siyoko (Rosebud Sioux) |
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105 | (2) |
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The Cheater Cheated (Lakota) |
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107 | (2) |
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The Spider Cries ``Wolf'' (Rosebud Sioux) |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (2) |
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Iktomi Takes Back a Gift (Rosebud Sioux) |
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114 | (2) |
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Iktomi and the Wild Ducks (Minneconjou Sioux) |
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116 | (1) |
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Iktomi Trying to Outrace Beaver (Santee) |
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117 | (2) |
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Too Smart for His Own Good (Sioux) |
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119 | (2) |
| PART SIX Spider-Man in Love |
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121 | (16) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (3) |
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Forbidden Fruit (Lakota and Rosebud Sioux) |
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128 | (4) |
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The Spiders Give Birth to the People (Arikara) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (4) |
| PART SEVEN The Veeho Cycle |
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137 | (18) |
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He Has Been Saying Bad Things About You (Northern Cheyenne) |
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139 | (3) |
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The Possible Bag (Northern Cheyenne) |
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142 | (4) |
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Hair Loss (Northern Cheyenne) |
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146 | (1) |
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Brother, Sharpen My Leg! (Cheyenne) |
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147 | (1) |
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Veeho Has His Back Scraped (Northern Cheyenne) |
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148 | (3) |
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He Sure Was a Good Shot (Cheyenne) |
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151 | (2) |
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The Only Man Around (Northern Cheyenne) |
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153 | (2) |
| PART EIGHT The Nixant and Sitconski Cycles |
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155 | (14) |
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When the People Were Wild (Gros Ventre) |
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157 | (3) |
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The Talking Penis (Gros Ventre) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (1) |
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Sitconski and the Buffalo Skull (Assiniboine) |
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163 | (1) |
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She Refused to Have Him (Assiniboine) |
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164 | (1) |
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Ni'hancan and Whirlwind Woman (Arapaho) |
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165 | (1) |
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Ni'hancan and the Race for Wives (Arapaho) |
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166 | (3) |
| PART NINE Magical Master Rabbit |
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169 | (16) |
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Little Rabbit Fights the Sun (Ute) |
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171 | (4) |
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The Long Black Stranger (Omaha) |
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175 | (2) |
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Why the Possum's Tail Is Bare (Cherokee) |
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177 | (1) |
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Rabbit Escapes from the Box (Creek) |
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178 | (2) |
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Rabbit and Possum on the Prowl (Cherokee) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (2) |
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Don't Believe What People Tell You (San Ildefonso or San Juan) |
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183 | (2) |
| PART TEN Nanabozho and Whiskey Jack |
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185 | (18) |
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Nanabozho and the Fish Chief (Great Lakes Tribes) |
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187 | (3) |
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Why We Have to Work So Hard Making Maple Sugar (Menomini) |
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190 | (1) |
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Who Is Looking Me in the Face? (Menomini) |
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191 | (3) |
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Why Women Have Their Moon-Time (Menomini) |
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194 | (1) |
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Whiskey Jack Wants to Fly (Cree and Metis) |
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195 | (5) |
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Wesakaychak, the Windigo, and the Ermine (Cree and Metis) |
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200 | (3) |
| PART ELEVEN Old Man Napi Chooses a Wife |
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203 | (12) |
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Choosing Mates (Blackfoot) |
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205 | (4) |
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Napi Races Coyote for a Meal (Blackfoot) |
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209 | (2) |
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Magic Leggings (Blackfoot) |
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211 | (4) |
| PART TWELVE Glooskap the Great |
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215 | (16) |
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How the Lord of Men and Beasts Strove with the Mighty Wasis and Was Shamefully Defeated (Penobscot) |
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217 | (1) |
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Glooskap Turns Men into Rattlesnakes (Passamaquoddy) |
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218 | (1) |
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Kuloskap and the Ice-Giants (Passamaquoddy) |
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219 | (2) |
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Questions, Questions (Passamaquoddy) |
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221 | (1) |
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A New Way to Travel (Micmac) |
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222 | (3) |
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Glooskap Grants Four Wishes (Micmac) |
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225 | (4) |
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A Puff of His Pipe (Micmac) |
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229 | (2) |
| PART THIRTEEN Skeleton Man |
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231 | (12) |
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While the Gods Snored (Hopi) |
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233 | (3) |
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How Masaaw Slept with a Beautiful Maiden (Hopi) |
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236 | (3) |
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239 | (4) |
| PART FOURTEEN Raven Lights the World |
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243 | (24) |
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Hungry for Clams (Hoh and Quileute) |
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245 | (2) |
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Give It Back! Give It Back! (Haida) |
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247 | (3) |
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Raven Steals the Moon (Haida) |
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250 | (2) |
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Yehl, the Lazy One (Haida) |
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252 | (2) |
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Raven and His Slave (Tsimshian) |
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254 | (4) |
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A Lousy Fisherman (Haida) |
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258 | (1) |
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Raven Lights the World (Tlingit) |
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259 | (8) |
| Appendix |
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267 | (18) |
| Sources |
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285 | (10) |
| Index of Tales |
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