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Subdirectories of Folklore:
Categories related to Folklore : Arts and Culture : Native Americans : Indigenous : The Americas : Ethnicity : Society:
Arts: Literature: Cultural: Native American (15)
Arts: Literature: Myths and Folktales: Myths: Native American (38)
Society: Folklore (1,101)
Society: Folklore: Literature: Tales: Fairy Tales: World Tales: Native American (2)
Websites on Folklore:
Aadizookaanag -- Traditional Stories, Legends and Myths
Essay on Indian legends as cultural property, with links to authentic sources of folktales.
Bladder-Head Boy
A Kaska legend recalling the now-extinct woolly mammoth.
Canku Ota: Stories Index
Archive of native legends and folktales published in this Indian cultural newsletter.
The Children and the Hummingbird
Excerpt from a book of Hopi legends.
A Collection of Yukon River Indian Legends
Small e-text collection of tales.
Eldrbarry's Raven Tales
Collection of Indian legends from the Pacific Northwest.
First People Legends
Online collection of more than 1300 tales from the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Indian Legends
Tribal index of Native American stories. With links and a discussion forum.
Indian Story and Song from North America
Nineteenth-century collection of native legends by Alice Fletcher.
Indian Why Stories
Frank Linderman's 1915 compilation of various native legends and tales.
The Ku Bird and the Walking Stone
Two tales excerpted from a book of Yaqui myths.
The Legend of Eagleman
An excerpt from a collection of Pima Indian tales.
Native American Literature
Repository for legends and traditional stories from hundreds of tribes.
Native American Lore
Index of Indian legends by title and theme.
Native American Stories
Collection of Indian legends, mostly unattributed, from various tribal traditions.
Native American Trickster Tales
Four texts from different tribal traditions, with introduction and links.
Nevada Native Story-Telling
Several Paiute and Shoshone legends, with lesson plans for using them in the classroom.
Piasa Bird Legend
The fictional Illinois "Indian" legend of the Piasa Bird, and the explanation of its true origins (a white fictionwriter invented it in the 19th century).
The Story of the Bear and His Indian Wife
Nineteenth-century recounting of a Haida legend.
Storytelling of the North Carolina Native Americans
Lumbee, Cherokee, and Occaneechi traditional storytelling and stories.
Tales from the Totems of the Hidery
Nineteenth-century collection of Haida legends.
Tales of the North American Indians
1929 collection of Indian legends and stories.
Zuñi Folk Tales
Frank Hamilton Cushing's 1901 collection of legends and stories.
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