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1. ADVENTURE
_Little Rabbit Discovers a Secret of Strength_, Pueblo 3
_Atagahi—The Secret Lake_, Cherokee 10
_Quarter Moon and Little Elk_, Iroquois 13
_A Kitten Brings a Boy His Feather_, Nez Percé 20
_Little Thunder Finds a Friend_, Wyandot 23
_How Not to Catch a Fish_, Bella Coola 29
_Little Fire Cloud’s Dream_, Delaware 33
_The Cry of the Horned Owl_, Cayuga 38
_The Dream That Led to Victory_, Apache 42
2. HUNTING AND FISHING
_Grey Calf Learns to Hunt Buffalo_, Crow 53
_Little Fox and the Golden Eagle_, Apache 60
_How Long Moose Became a Brave_, Powhatan 65
_How a Fishing Trip Taught Loyalty to a Boy_, Iroquois 71
_Little Bear’s First Hunt_, Apache 79
_Crying Eagle Sees a Great Battle_, Iroquois 84
_Spotted Tail and the Ghost Wolf_, Mohawk 89
3. CUSTOMS
_The Tribes Gather_, Cree 99
_Singing Eagle’s First Clothes_, Huron 105
_The New Tepee_, Blackfoot 108
_Little Dove Learns to Weave_, Winnebago 112
_Red Cloud’s Dream_, Algonquin 117
_Broken Tooth and the War Bonnet_, Apache 127
_Grey Squirrel Hears His Name_, Oneida 129
4. HEROISM
_Little Fawn and the Wolves_, Choctaw 139
_The Island_, Iroquois 144
_A New Bow for Tani_, Cherokee 149
_Singing Waters and the Medicine Well_, Teton-Dakota 153
_The War That Should Not Have Happened_, Comanche 160
_Little Horse and the Painted Arrow_, Delaware 174
_Falling Water Earns a Feather_, Dakota-Sioux 192
_The Race with Death_, Apache 197
_The Storm_, Algonquin 210
5. CHARACTER
_Sleeping Bear Makes a Mistake_, Montagnais 217
_The Lesson of the Elm Tree_, Cherokee 220
_The Race_, Oneida 225
_Little Thunderbird Tells the Truth_, Blackfoot 241
_The Prize No One Could See_, Kickapoo 247
_The Mysterious Pony Raiders_, Blackfoot 253
_The Canoe Race_, Ottawa 263
_Standing Fawn Makes a Doll_, Shawnee 269
_Black Cloud Remembers_, Seneca 274
_The Miracle of the Pine Grove_, Iroquois 281
_Crooked Arrow Finds a Friend_, Shawnee 286
_The Boy and the Warrior Chief_, Seneca 300