(drawings by Ruth Maney)
Table of Contents
PART ONE
"ONCE UPON A TIME" STORIES
The Homely One (Leech Lake)
The Little Boy and Windigo (Leech Lake)
The Rescue of the Lovely Princess (Leech Lake)
The Ogema's Son (Leech Lake)
O, Marie (Fond Du Lac)
Linda (Fond Du Lac)
LEGENDARY HISTORY
How the Indians got into North America
First Version (Leech Lake)
Second Version (Fond Du Lac)
STORIES TOLD TO TEACH
He Who Over-Dreamed (Fond Du Lac)
The Boy Who Turned into an Oriole (Fond Du Lac)
The Owl and the Little Girl
First Version (Fond Du Lac)
Second Version (Mille Lacs)
STORIES TOLD ABOUT OLD TURTLE
Old Turtle and Rabbit (Leech Lake)
The Homely One (Old Turtle) (Fond Du Lac)
A STORY OF ANIMAL WARFARE
The Crabs Go to War (White Earth)
A VERSION OF THE BLOOD-BOY STORY (Leech Lake)
TWO VERSIONS OF A WIDESPREAD STORY
The Rolling Head
First Version (Leech Lake)
Second Version (White Earth)
ACCOUNTS OF SPIRIT WANDERERS AND LITTLE PEOPLE
Man of the Wild Woods (Fond Du Lac)
The Little People (Grand Portage)
The Little People and the Hunter (Leech Lake)
PART TWO
NANABOZHO, THE CENTRAL CHARACTER IN OJIBWA TALES
THE BIRTH AND EARLY ADVENTURES OF NANABOZHO
Nanabozho as Rabbit
Nanabozho and the Rice Basket (Leech Lake)
The Theft of Fire (Fond Du Lac)
This is the Beginning (Leech Lake)
Two Encounters of Nanabozho and His Brothers
Nanabozho and His Young Brother (Nett Lake)
Nanabotzho Kills His Older Brother (Fond Du Lac)
Nanabozho and Mandomin (Leech Lake)
NANABOZHO FORMS A NEW EARTH FOR THE INDIANS
Nanabozho and the Wolves (Nett Lake)
NANABOZHO AND THE ANIMALS
Nanabozho and the Deer Head (Fond Du Lac)
Nanabozho and the Woodpecker (Leech Lake)
Nanabozho and the Dancing Ducks
First Version (White Earth)
Second Version (Fond Du Lac)
Nanabozho and the Beaver (Leech Lake)
Nanabozho and the Snipe (Fond Du Lac)
Nanabozho and the Hoot Owl (Leech Lake)
Nanabozho and the Birds (Grand Portage)
Two Animal Stories of a Serious Nature
Nanabozho and the Bear's Grease (Fond Du Lac)
Nanabozho and the Snowshoe Rabbit (Fond Du Lac)
NANABOZHO AND NATURAL PHENOMENA
Nanabozho and the Birch Tree (Leech Lake)
Nanabozho and the Pine Tree (Fond Du Lac)
Two Short Accounts of Nanabozho as Simpleton
Nanabozho and the Cranberries (Leech Lake)
Nanabozho and the Bulrushes (Nett Lake)
Nanabozho and Winter-Maker (Leech Lake)
PAKIWIS AND NANABOZHO
The March Whirlwind (Fond Du Lac)
The Families of Pakiwis and Nanabozho
First Account (Fond Du Lac)
Second Account (Leech Lake)
NANABOZHO BURIES HIS GRANDMOTHER
(Fond du Lac)
NANABOZHO IN DISGRACE
Nanabozho Marries His Own Daughter
First Version (White Earth)
Second Version (Fond Du Lac)
MODERN TALES ABOUT NANABOZHO
Nanabozho Builds a House (Leech Lake)
Nanabozho and the WPA (White Earth)
Nanabozho and Paul Bunyan (Red Lake)
PART THREE
Notes on the Thunderbird
NATURE LORE, MAGIC PRACTICES, AND OMENS
