Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

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.

The Great Spirit gives the sacred dog to an Indian boy seeking relief for his hungry people.

Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author Paul Goble, The Woman Who Lived with Wolves features a collection of 26 traditional stories from different Native American tribes, including the Pawnee, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Lakota. These include The Gift of the Sacred Calf Pipe, which demonstrate the deep spiritual values contained in Native American oral culture. Also included is a foreword by Vivian Arviso Deloria, the former Executive Director...

Relates the Blackfoot Indian legend in which Star Boy gains theSun's forgiveness for his mother's disobedience and is allowed to return to the Sky World.

At her death an elderly Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife believed in by her people, while the surviving family members prepare her body according to their custom.

A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race,a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whetherman or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of Creation.

"In an act of bravery and defiance against the white men encroaching on their territory in 1867, a group of young Cheyenne braves derail and raid a freight train." --

A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the "Lost Children," or Pleiades.