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

Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.

Iktomi the trickster finds himself in a predicament after losing his eyes when he misuses a magical trick.

The Great Spirit gives the sacred dog to an Indian boy seeking relief for his hungry people.

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.

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

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.

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

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.