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"Whispers of the Ancients helps us reconnect with the spirit of story that is a part of all our heritages. With respect for the wisdom of the past and with an eye toward the cross-cultural links that legends can make between us, Tamarack Song offers a gathering of tales and insightful comments that point the way back to the circle."---Joseph Bruchac, author of more than 70 books for children and adults, including (with coauthor Michael J. Caduto) the best-selling Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for ChildrenIt's easy to imagine yourself transported back to a time when an Elder might have told stories like those in Whispers of the Ancients around a glowing hearth. Thanks to Tamarack Song's storytelling skills, monsters, heroes, and shapeshifters come alive and open a doorway to the mysteries of life. Easily accessible to all ages, this is a book that speaks to each person at his or her own level of comprehension and need. It is as beautiful to read as it is to look at.Stunning Aboriginal artwork by Moses (Amik) Beaver combines with provocative storytelling to renew, in all their traditional splendor, exceptional legends from around the world. Entertaining, profound, passionate, glorious---these are stories that illustrate and evoke themes common to everyone's life, with an ancient wisdom that helps the listener to cope with today's opportunities for tenderness, grief, passion, and irony.Easily accessible to all ages, this is a book that speaks to each person at his or her own level of comprehension and need. It's as beautiful to read as it is to look at.

Product Description: In the companion to Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back, Sky Bear, the great storytelling bear made of stars, tells of nature's nighttime wonders and Native American legends from his post in the sky.

Product Description: Native American stories of the Cherokee, Algonquin peoples, Arikara, Sioux peoples, Haida, Apache, and Iroquois peoples, retold, illustrated, and commented upon by Catherine Mintz.

Product Description: Step into a colorful pageantry of the powerful people whose cultural legacy continues to influence the great state of Texas. From the Cherokee in the Piney Woods of East Texas, the Kickapoo at Eagle Pass in South Texas, the Kiowa of the Panhandle in the Great Plains, to the Tigua of Isleta del Sur Pueblo at El Paso, four nations come alive through myth and history in Jane Archer's vividly written book about the first Texans...read more

In a retelling of an Ojibwe tale, a girl's act of bravery to save her family leads to the appearance in the world of the delicate and tender flower called the lady's slipper. Reprint.

In this retelling of an Ojibwe tale, a girl's act of bravery to save her family leads to the appearance in the world of the delicate and tender flower called the lady's slipper.

In this retelling of an Ojibwe tale, a girl's act of bravery to save her family leads to the appearance in the world of the delicate and tender flower called the lady's slipper.

Product Description: A fascinating exploration of the mythologies of the tribes of North America.

Product Description: These stories originated in the canyons, plains, mountains, and vast forests of pre-Columbian North America, from the indigenous groups that inhabited the land for thousands of years. Within specific regions, each had its own arts, customs, social practices, and language...read more

Shares stories from North America's folklore traditions featuring heroes, fools, ghosts, romance, and love. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Explore eight new mythological tales of Native Americans working with nature. Each tale takes you on a journey of discovery as you overcome obstacles with the heroines. They help their communities, they discover more about themselves and the natural world...read more

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Product Description: 90 stories from tribes throughout the U.S. and Canada cover a wide range of subjects: tales of creation, heroes, witchcraft, monsters, romance, enchantment, tricksters, and more. Includes, among others, "The Origin of Daylight" (Tsimshian), "The Flying Head" (Oneida), "The Enchanted Moccasins" (Maskego), and "The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting" (Cherokee)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Offers a collection of myths from a wide variety of Native American cultures, including creation stories, trickster tales, cosmological myths, and accounts of heroes, quests, and the supernatural, with details on the context. (view table of contents)

An inspired collection of special stories recorded from the Old People who heard them as children and passed them down. (view table of contents)

Offers young readers a look at six traditional myths and legends from different Native American peoples.

Offers young readers a look at six traditional myths and legends from different Native American peoples.

Drawing from the rich Native American storytelling tradition, this inspiring, insightful collection celebrates the power of women, and the treachery of human nature. Original.

A collection of more than one hundred tales of legendary heroes, tricksters, Native American creation stories, mythical characters, love stories, and ghost stories celebrates the voices that make up America. BOMC. (view table of contents)

A dazzling collection of American Indian trickster tales and folklore, compiled by an anthropologist and master storyteller, can be read aloud and enjoyed by readers and listeners of any age. Reprint. PW. (view table of contents)