Canku Ota

(Many Paths)

An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America

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Here is a List of
The Stories
We have published in Canku Ota.

The Thunderhawk Stories by Geoff Hampton ... click here

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Then, use your browser's "back" button to return here when you have finished reading the story.

The Frog and the Antelope
Kootenai Legend

 

The Badger and the Bear
Lakota Legend

How Buffalo Taught The Bully A Lesson

 

How Tol-le-loo Stole Fire
Northern Mewuk Legend

Grandmother Spider Steals Fire
Mississippi Choctaw Legend

 

How Bear Lost His Tail

Raccoon and the Bee Tree

 

Rabbit Steals Otter's Coat 

Sunlight

 

How Catfish Got a Flat Head

How Fox Saved the People

 

Graying of an Eagle

Learning From the Bear
by Bel Abbey-Koasati

 

Children of the Sun
Osage Legend told  by Alice Fletcher and Francis LaFleche

The Young Man and the Box Turtle
by Richard L. Slater

 

The Beaver and The Flea
Kwakiutl Legend

Turtle's Race With Bear

 

The Jaguar and the Deer
Mayan Legend

How Rabbit got his Cotton Tail

 

The Woman Who Married a Frog

Why Coyote Stopped Imitating His Friends
Caddo Legend

 

How Fly Saved the River
Ojibwe Legend

The Origin of Fire
Jicarilla Apache legend

 

Why Porcupine has Quills
Chippewa Legend

Legend of the Jumping Mouse

 

How Poison Came into the World
Choctaw Legend

The Frog and The Crane

 

How the People Hunted the Moose

Raven Tricks Crow
Shared by Ojilaka ZicaHot'a

 

How the Chipmunk Got His Stripes
an Iroquois Legend

Why Possum Has a Bare Tail
Cherokee Legend

 

The White-Faced Bear
Aleut Legend - Generously contributed by Glenn Welker

The Bluebird, The Coyote & The Magic Lake
Paraphrased by Little Jumper, from the book Indian Campfire Tales by W.S. Phillips

 

Why the Buzzard Flies So High
Retold by Little Jumper from Indian Campfire Tales by W. S. Phillips

The Alligator and the Hunter
Choctaw Legend

 

The Eagle and the Goose
Native American Lore

Cricket Beats Cougar
a Legend of Many California Tribes

 

Skunk Outwits Coyote
American Indian Lore

Manabozho and the Muskrat
Ojibwe Story

 

Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals
Cherokee Legend

How the Bat Came to Be
an Ojibwe Legend

 

American Indians and Hummers
by Vicki from various sources

Salmon Boy
(Haida-Pacific Northwest Legend)

 

Okishkimonisse Saves the Summer Birds
adapted by Vicki from an Ojibwe Story

The Deer Dance
( Yaqui-Southwest legend )

 

The Gift of Maize
adapted by Vicki Lockard from a Arikara Legend

The Gift of the Whale
(Inuit-Inupiaq--Arctic legend)

 

The Rabbit Dance
Mohawk (Kanienkahageh) Legend

Spring Defeats Winter
Seneca-Northeast Woodlands Legend

 

How the Butterflies Came to Be
Adapted by Vicki Lockard from a Papago Story

The Theft of Fire
Ojibwe Legend

 

Raccoon and the Crawfish
Iroquois Legend adapted by Vicki

The Meadowlark and the Rattlesnake
(Dakota Legend)

 

How Turtle Flew South for the Winter
retold by Garnet1654 from a Dakota Legend

The Cave of the Yellow Jackets
by Little Jumper as retold from Indian Campfire Tales, by W.S. Phillips

 

The Little Rabbit Who Talked too Much
Retold by Little Jumper from Indian Campfire Tales by W.S. Phillips

Why Dogs Fight
(a story based on a traditional story of the Ojibwa - Why Dogs Fight, and Why People are Envious)

 

How Ducks Got Their Fine Feathers
Blackfeet Legend

How Skunk Got His Scent

 

Why the Nighthawk's Wings are Beautiful

How Kangaroos Got Their Pouch
From our Aboriginal friends in Australia

 

Why the Mountain Lion is Long and Lean
Blackfeet Legend

The Origin of Fire
Apache Legend

 

Big Long Man's Corn Patch

The Meeting of the Wild Animals
Tsimshian

 

Turkey Makes Corn
White Mountain Apache

How Glooscap Found Summer

 

Raven Steals Daylight

The Buffalo and the Field Mouse

 

How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth

Why Kingfisher Wears a War Bonnet

 

How to Scare a Bear

How the People Got Arrowheads
Shasta Legend

 

Ladder to the Sky
An Awesome Ojibway Story

Why the Deer Has No Gall

 

The Legend of the Snowbirds
Ojibway legend

The Squirrels Fool Coyote

  How Rabbit Fooled Wolf

Eagle and Red Tailed Hawk

 
Why the North Star Stands Still

Rabbit and the Moon Man

 

How the Redbird Became Red

How the Partridge Got His Whistle

 

Origin Of The Groundhog Dance

Iktomi and the Ducks

 

The Race Between the Hummingbird and the Crane

The Coyote and the Beetle

 

Coyote Kills a Giant

The Coyote and the Locust

 

When the Animals, Birds and Trees Were Created

Story of the Rabbits

 

Hanye, the Hero Frog

Why the Owl Has Big Eyes
Iroquois legend

 

The Moon and the Great Snake
Blackfeet Legend

How the Bobcat Caught the Gobbler
From Myths of the Cherokee, James Mooney, 1900

  Mink, Raven and the Sea Eggs
Northwest Coastal Legend

How Roadrunner Became the Leader of the Birds

  The Raven and The Owl
An Alaskan legend

The Great Race
Cheyenne Legend

 

The Lazy Rabbit
Anishanabe Legend

Raven Helps The People

 

A Cherokee Creation Story

How Ducks Got Their Colors
A Lakota Legend

 

How The Fox Saved The People

How the Quetzal Became the King of Birds
A Mayan Story

 

A Brief Overview of Hawai'i

Inktomi and the Fawn
A Lakota Legend

 

How The Gopher Raced With The Runners Of K'iákime
Zuni Legend

How the Mockingbird Became the Best Singer
Mayan Legend

 

North Wind and Star Boy
Lakota Legend

Honeyed Words Can't Sweeten Evil
Algonquin Legend

 

How the Kiwi Lost His Wings
Maori Legend

White Crow Hides the Animals
A Kiowa Legend

 

Why the Mole Lives Underground
A Cherokee Legend

Why There Are Indians

 

The Falcon and the Duck

 

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