Using tribal legends, myths, and stories in preventing drug abuse

Today's free book is Come closer around the fire: using tribal legends, myths, and stories in preventing drug abuse by National Institute on Drug Abuse (1978). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).


Table of Contents

Teller of Tales (a poem)

I. The Purpose of the Guide

II. The Prevention of Drug Abuse
Problems Leading to Drug Abuse
Prevention Strategies

III. The Myths, Legends, and Stories
The “How It Came To Be” Stories
The Hero Stories
The Trickster Stories

IV. Why the Stories Are Prevention Tools

V. Specific Ways to Use the Stories
Storytelling
Dramatizing the Stories
Collecting the Stories
Illustrating the Stories
Conclusion

VI. Four Stories 
How the Raccoon Got Rings on His Tail
Coyote Breaks the Fish Dam at Celilo
Scarface
The Invisible Hunter

VII. Bibliography 
Sources of Publications
Samples of Native American Indian and Eskimo Tales