And now you know
Subtitle: 50 Native American legends
By: John W. Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen ; artwork by David J. Friesen
Contributors: Friesen, Virginia Lyons, 1952-; Friesen, David J.
Publisher: Detselig Enterprises
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Calgary
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781550593846
Subjects: Indians of North America; Folklore; Legends; Oral tradition; Indiens d'Amérique; Légendes; Tradition orale
Notes: Includes bibliographical references: p. 148-152.
Table of contents: title: Part One.; title: Origin Stories -- ; title: Origin of Buffalo: A Sioux Legend -- ; title: Origin of Buffalo Hunting: A Mandan Legend -- ; title: Origin of Cherokee Rose: A Cherokee Legend -- ; title: Origin of Chief Mountain: A Peigan Legend -- ; title: Origin of Chinook Wind: A Salish Legend -- ; title: Origin of Corn: A Pueblo Legend -- ; title: Origin of Family Crests: A West Coast Legend -- ; title: Origin of Fire and Light: A Klamath Legend -- ; title: Origin of Fire: A Salish Legend -- ; title: Origin of Human Hands: A Chumash Legend -- ; title: Origin of the North Star (Star Boy): A Blackfeet Legend -- ; title: Origin of Obsidian Arrowheads: A Shasta Legend -- ; title: Origin of Orion's Belt: A Sioux Legend -- ; title: Origin of Raven's Cry: A Kwakwaka' waka Legend -- ; title: Origin of the Rocky Mountains: A Cree Legend -- ; title: Origin of Stone Woman: A Dakota Legend -- ; title: Origin of Turtle Island: A Wyandot Legend -- ; title: Origin of Turtles: A Mi'Kmaq Legend -- ; title: Origin of Wild Rice: An Ojibway Legend --  -- Part Two.; title: How Stories -- ; title: How Birds Can be Teachers: A Pawnee Legend -- ; title: How Loon Became a Seabird: A Mi'Kmaq Legend -- ; title: How to Call Moose: A Wabanaki Legend -- ; title: How Yellow Mouse Fooled Owl: A Creek Legend -- ; title: How Porcupine Got Quills: A Chippewa Legend -- ; title: How Spotted Eagle Earned His Feather: A Mohawk Legend -- ; title: How Whale Kept His Promise: A Haida Legend --  -- Part Three.; title: Why Stories -- ; title: Why Badger is Humble: An Interior Salish Legend -- ; title: Why Beaver is Respected: A Dene Legend -- ; title: Why Buzzards are Bald: An Algonquian Legend -- ; title: Why Coyote Looks at His Stomach: An Okanagan Legend -- ; title: Why Coyote's Eyes are Red: A Shuswap Legend -- ; title: Why Dogs Bark: A Kiowa Legend -- ; title: Why Eagle Went Hungry: A Sioux Legend -- ; title: Why Eagles Are Respected: An Iroquois Legend -- ; title: Why Fawn Has Spots: A Dakota Legend -- ; title: Why Moose Has Loose Skin: A Swampy Cree Legend -- ; title: Why Porcupine is Respected: A Tsimshian Legend -- ; title: Why Possum is Shy: A Creek Legend -- ; title: Why Rabbit Turns White in Winter: A Cree Legend -- ; title: Why Wolverine Has Short Legs: A Cree Legend --  -- Part Four.; title: Ten Tricky Trickster Tales -- ; title: Copycat Coyote and Rattlesnake: A Sia Legend -- ; title: Coyote and Magpie Go Hunting: A Thompson Legend -- ; title: Coyote and Quail: A Pima Legend -- ; title: Raven and the Magpies: A Tlinget Legend -- ; title: Coyote and Water Serpent: A Hopi Legend -- ; title: Coyote and Wild Turkey: An Algonquian Legend -- ; title: Napi, Skunk, and the Prairie Dogs: A Blackfoot Legend -- ; title: Raven Burns a Canoe: A West Coast Legend -- ; title: Raven Learns a Lesson: A Tsimshian Legend -- ; title: The Trickster and Eagle: An Assiniboine Legend -- ; title: Appendices --  -- Appendix A.; title: A Note On Terminology --  -- Appendix B.; title: Interpreting Legends --  -- Appendix C.; title: Native American Rock Art: Pictographs and Petroglyphs --  -- Appendix D.; title: About the Authors.