Central Kansas Library System

A narrative poem of the life and deeds of the legendary Hiawatha, son of the West Wind.

Fifteen-year-olds Nina and Oli come from different words--she is a Lipan Apache living in Texas and he is a cottonmouth from the Reflecting World--but their lives intersect when Oli journeys to Earth to find a cure for his ailing friend and they end up helping each other save their families.

Coyote receives his comeuppance when he tries to take something that does not belong to him.

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.

A collection of legends about the cunning trickster Coyote, taken from a variety of Native American sources.

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.

Retells the Cherokee legend in which Dancing Drum tries to make Grandmother Sun smile on the People again. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cherokee Indians.

Coyote, who has a nose for trouble, insists that the crows teach him how to fly, but the experience ends in disaster for him.

A Cheyenne legend explaining the origins of the stars. Also describes the history, culture, and fate of the Cheyenne Indians.