Indian Why Stories

Frank Linderman tells the stories of the Blackfeet, Chippewa, and Cree tribes using the language of the Native American. An old Indian medicine man sits before a fire and retells the stories of his tribe to a group of young people. He tells the story of the animal-people: the deer and antelope in a foot race, and the dancing fox who makes the buffalo laugh. He relates the story of the white beaver and the ghost people. And there is the story of a giant snake in love with the moon. Each story has a moral empathizing a reverence for nature and the unity of creation.The collection contains 22 Indian folk tales.