American Indian Fairy Tales
Author: first_name: William Trowbridge
last_name: Larned
first_name: Henry R.
last_name: Schoolcraft
Language: English
Year: 1921

With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Th