TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Beliefs

_Haida_ 1

Beliefs

_Eastern Eskimo_ 5

Beliefs

_Bella Coola_ 7

Creation of the World

_Wyandot_ 9

How the Earth was Formed

_Cree_ 12

Old One and Creation

_Thompson River_ 15

Creation of the Earth

_Thompson River_ 16

Raven and Creation

_Haida_ 18

Origin of Rivers in Queen Charlotte Islands

_Haida_ 20

Origin of Haida Land

_Haida_ 22

Raven and Moon-woman

_Haida_ 25

Origin of Light

_Wyandot_ 28

Origin of Light

_Thompson River_ 29

Creation of Light

_Carrier_ 31

Coming of Fire

_Carrier_ 33

How Grizzly Bear and Coyote made Light and the Seasons

_Shuswap_ 35

Origin of Light and Fire

_Lillooet_ 38

How Fire was Secured

_Lillooet_ 42

How Raven Brought Fire

_Haida_ 44

When Mink Carried the Torches

_Bella Coola_ 45

Old One

_Shuswap_ 50

The Great Fire

_Lillooet_ 52

The Burning of the World

_Cree_ 54

The House of Sun

_Bella Coola_ 57

Why the Sun is Bright

_Lillooet_ 60

When Sun was Snared

_Ojibwa_ 62

Sun and Moon

_Thompson River_ 64

The Man in the Moon

_Central Eskimo_ 65

Why the Moon is Pale

_Wyandot_ 67

The Woman in the Moon

_Shuswap_ 68

Moon

_Thompson River_ 69

War with the Sky People

_Thompson River_ 70

How Two Sisters got out of Skyland

_Chilcotin_ 72

Origin of the Pleiades

_Wyandot_ 74

The Star Hunters

_Chilcotin_ 77

The Great Bear and the Hunter

_Chilcotin_ 79

How the Summer Came

_Ojibwa_ 81

The Rainbow Trail

_Wyandot_ 83

Origin of the Chinook Wind

_Shuswap_ 85

When Glacier Married Chinook’s Daughter

_Lillooet_ 89

Mink’s War with the Southeast Wind

_Kwakiutl_ 91

When North’s Son Married Southeast’s Daughter

_Haida_ 94

Capture of Wind

_Chilcotin_ 98

How Wind Became a Slave

_Haida_ 99

Thunder, Lightning, and Rain

_Central Eskimo_ 100

Thunder

_Wyandot_ 101

Turtle and the Thunder Bird

_Ojibwa_ 103

Why Lightning Strikes the Trees

_Thompson River_ 105

The Making of Lakes and Mountains

_Haida_ 106

Origin of Races

_Cree_ 109

Origin of Chilcotin Cañon

_Shuswap_ 110

Origin of Animals

_Eastern Eskimo_ 111

Bird Beginnings

_Eastern Eskimo_ 112

Mosquitoes

_Haida_ 115

Origin of Death

_Thompson River_ 117

Duration of Human Life

_Haida_ 118

How Death Came

_Lillooet_ 119

Origin of Arrowheads

_Lillooet_ 120

Origin of Carved House Posts

_Haida_ 121

The Wind-power Carving

_Thompson River_ 123

Calendar

_Thompson River_ 124

Calendar

_Cree_ 125

Calendar

_Shuswap_ 126

How the Indians First Obtained Blankets

_Chilcotin_ 127

Hunting in the Snow Mountains

_Chilcotin_ 129

Coyote’s Gift of the Salmon, and the Cañon of the Fraser River

_Nicola Valley and Fraser River_ 132

The Coming of the Salmon

_Bella Coola_ 135

Coyote and the Salmon

_Shuswap_ 139

Wolverene and the Geese

_Eastern Eskimo_ 142

Nanebojo and the Geese

_Ojibwa_ 145

Adventures of Nanebojo

_Ojibwa_ 149

Wiske-djak and the Geese

_Algonquin_ 154

Wiske-djak and the Partridges

_Algonquin_ 158

Wiske-djak and Great Beaver

_Algonquin_ 161

Nenebuc

_Ojibwa_ 163

Nenebuc and Big Bear

_Ojibwa_ 166

Coyote and Fox

_Shuswap_ 168

The Venturesome Hare

_Eastern Eskimo_ 172

Rabbit and Frog

_Eastern Eskimo_ 175

Big Turtle

_Wyandot_ 177

Wolverene and Rock

_Eastern Eskimo_ 180

Raven’s Canoe Men

_Haida_ 183

Raven and Pitchman

_Haida_ 184

When Raven Married off his Sister

_Haida_ 185

Beaver and Porcupine

_Haida_ 187

Beaver and Porcupine

_Shuswap_ 190

Beaver and Deer

_Haida_ 192

Eagle’s Feast

_Kwakiutl_ 195

When Chickadee Climbed a Tree

_Shuswap_ 196

Redbird and Blackbird

_Ojibwa_ 198

Little Gray Woodpecker

_Wyandot_ 200

Owl

_Eastern Eskimo_ 201

Chipmunk

_Thompson River_ 202

Muskrat’s Tail

_Cree_ 203

Wolverene and Brant

_Eastern Eskimo_ 204

War of the Four Tribes

_Shuswap_ 205

Tradition of Iroquois Falls

_Eastern Cree_ 206

The Giantess and the Indian

_Wyandot_ 207

The Destruction of Monsters

_Shuswap_ 209

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