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Today about five thousand Zuni live on their 40,000-acre reservation some thirty miles south of Gallup, New Mexico.
SOURCES
IntroductionQuotes from Ekkehart Malotki and Michael Lomatuway‘ma, Stories
of Maasaw, a Hopi God,
American Tribal Religions 10 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press), 1987.
Part One: Coyote Creates the World—and a Few Other Thingsof Maasaw, a Hopi God,
American Tribal Religions 10 (Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press), 1987.
The Beginning of the World (Yokuts) From Frederic Ward Putnam,
American
Archeology
and
Ethnology 4 (Berkeley: University of California Press), 1906—1907.
American
Archeology
and
Ethnology 4 (Berkeley: University of California Press), 1906—1907.
Sun and Moon in a Box (Zuni) Retold from various nineteenth-century sources.
Coyote Steals the Sun (Miwok) Retold from various late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century sources.
The Origin of the Moon and the Sun (Kalispel) From Ella Clark,
Indian Legends of the Northern Rockies
(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press), 1966.
Indian Legends of the Northern Rockies
(Norman: University of Oklahoma Press), 1966.
How People Were Made (Miwok) Retold from various late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century sources.
Coyote Steals the Summer (Crow) Retold from many variations.
Coyote and Eagle Visit the Land of the Dead (Yakima) From Ella Clark,
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
(Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press), 1953.
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
(Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press), 1953.
Coyote Steals Fire (Klamath) Retold from early-nineteenth-century sources.
Coyote Kills Terrible Monster (Salish) Retold from a combination of early sources.
The Seven Devils Mountains (Nez Percé) Retold from Clark,
Indian Legendsof the Pacific Northwest.
And from an account by Caleb Whitman, a Nez Percé, told to Alfonso Ortiz on the Umatilla Reservation, August 1950.
Part Two: Up to No GoodIndian Legendsof the Pacific Northwest.
And from an account by Caleb Whitman, a Nez Percé, told to Alfonso Ortiz on the Umatilla Reservation, August 1950.
Coyote Taunts the Grizzly Bear (Kutenai) Retold from Franz Boas,
Kutenai
Tales, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 59 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1918.
Kutenai
Tales, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 59 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1918.
How Locust Tricked Coyote (Zuni) Retold from earlier sources.
Coyote-Giving (Paiute) Retold from a combination of early sources.
Putting a Saddle on Coyote’s Back (Northern Pueblo) From the notes of Alfonso Ortiz.
A Satisfying Meal (Hopi) From the notes of Alfonso Ortiz.
A Strong Heart (Arikara) From George A. Dorsey,
Traditions of the Arikara
(Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute), 1904.
Traditions of the Arikara
(Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute), 1904.
Better Luck Next Time (Hopi) From the notes of Alfonso Ortiz.
Long Ears Outsmarts Coyote (Pueblo) From the notes of Alfonso Ortiz.
Old Man Coyote and the Buffalo (Crow) From S. C. Simms,
Traditions of the Crows,
Field Columbian Museum Publication 85, Vol. 2, No. 6 (Chicago: Field Columbian Museum), 1903.
Traditions of the Crows,
Field Columbian Museum Publication 85, Vol. 2, No. 6 (Chicago: Field Columbian Museum), 1903.
Coyote and Bobcat Have Their Faces Done (Ute) Retold from various early sources.
The Adventures of a Meatball (Comanche) From Elliot Canonge,
Comanche Texts
(Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics), 1958.
Comanche Texts
(Arlington, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics), 1958.
Coyote Gets Stuck (Shasta) Retold from Roland Dixon, “Shasta Myths,”
Journal of American Folklore
23, 1910, and other sources.
Journal of American Folklore
23, 1910, and other sources.
Anything but Piñon Pitch! (Navajo) From William Morgan,
Coyote Tales
(Phoenix: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix Indian School Print Shop), 1954.
Coyote Tales
(Phoenix: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix Indian School Print Shop), 1954.
Fat, Grease, and Berries (Crow) From Simms,
Traditions of the Crows.
Traditions of the Crows.
Don’t Be Too Curious (Lakota) John Fire Lame Deer, from tape recordings by Richard Erdoes, 1969—1975.
Part Three: Coyote’s Amorous AdventuresCoyote’s Amorous Adventures (Shasta) Livingston Farrand, “Shasta & Athabascan Myths from Oregon,”
Journal of American Folklore
28, 1915.
Journal of American Folklore
28, 1915.
Two Rascals and Their Wives (Pueblo) This is one of many versions of a commonly told tale.
Coyote Sleeps with His Own Daughters (Southern Ute) Retold from a combination of half a dozen versions, collected between 1900 and 1932.
Old Man Coyote Meets Coyote Woman (Blackfoot) Retold from various sources.
Coyote and Fox Dress Up (Nez Percé) Retold from various sources, including Herbert Spinden,
Nez Percé
Tales, Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society, Vol. 6 (New York: G. E. Stechert), 1917.
Nez Percé
Tales, Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society, Vol. 6 (New York: G. E. Stechert), 1917.
Coyote and the Girls (Karok and Yurok) Retold from Austen D. Warburton and Joseph F. Endert,
Indian Lore of the North CaliforniaCoast
(Santa Clara, CA: Pacific Pueblo Press), 1966.
Indian Lore of the North CaliforniaCoast
(Santa Clara, CA: Pacific Pueblo Press), 1966.
Coyote Keeps His Dead Wife’s Genitals (Lipan Apache) Retold from
Myths and Legends of the Lipan Apache Indians,
Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, Vol. 36 (New York: G. E. Stechert), 1940.
Myths and Legends of the Lipan Apache Indians,
Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, Vol. 36 (New York: G. E. Stechert), 1940.
The Toothed Vagina (Yurok) Jean Sapir, “Yurok Tales,”
Journal of American Folklore
41, 1928.
Journal of American Folklore
41, 1928.
Something Fishy Going On (Athapascan) Retold from the nineteenth-century stories gathered by Livingston Farrand and others in
Journal of American Folklore
28, 1915.
Journal of American Folklore
28, 1915.
Where Do Babies Come From? (Karuk) From John P. Harrington, “Karuk Indian Myths,” Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 107 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1932.
Winyan-shan
Upside Down (Sioux) George Eagle Elk, from tape recording by Richard Erdoes, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, 1975.
PartUpside Down (Sioux) George Eagle Elk, from tape recording by Richard Erdoes, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, 1975.
Four:
The Trouble with Rose Hips
Coyote, Skunk, and the Beavers (Wichita) George A. Dorsey,
Mythologyof Wichita,
Field Columbian Museum (Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute), 1904.
Mythologyof Wichita,
Field Columbian Museum (Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute), 1904.
Monster Skunk Farting Everyone to Death (Cree) Retold from various nineteenth-century sources.
Coyote Sells a Burro That Defecates Money (Lipan Apache) Melville Jacobs,
Santiam Kalapuya Myth
Texts (Seattle: University of Washington Press), 1945.
Santiam Kalapuya Myth
Texts (Seattle: University of Washington Press), 1945.
Coyote the Credulous (Taos) Elsie Clews Parson, Taos Tales, Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society 34 (New York: J. J. Augustin), 1940.
The Trouble with Rose Hips (Lipan Apache)
Myths and Legend of the Lipan Apache.
Part Five: Iktomi the Spider-ManMyths and Legend of the Lipan Apache.
Seven Toes (Assiniboine) From Robert H. Lowie,
The Assiniboine,
American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers 4, Part I (New York: American Museum of Natural History), November 1909.
The Assiniboine,
American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers 4, Part I (New York: American Museum of Natural History), November 1909.
Tricking the Trickster (Sioux) From George Eagle Elk tape.
Iktomi and the Man-Eating Monster (Lakota) From Lame Deer tapes.
Iktomi, Flint Boy, and the Grizzly (Lakota) From Lame Deer tapes.
Iktomi and the Buffalo Calf (Assiniboine) Robert H. Lowie,
The Assiniboine.
The Assiniboine.
Ikto’s Grandchild Defeats Siyoko (Rosebud Sioux) Told to the authors by Jenny Leaning Cloud, White River, South Dakota, 1968.
The Cheater Cheated (Lakota) From Lame Deer tapes, 1971—1972.
The Spider Cries “Wolf” (Rosebud Sioux) From Lame Deer tapes.
Tit for Tat (Omaha) Told to the authors after a ceremonial gathering at Crow Dog’s place, Rosebud, South Dakota, 1969.
Iktomi Takes Back a Gift (Rosebud Sioux) From tape recordings by Richard Erdoes at Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota.
Iktomi and the Wild Ducks (Minneconjou Sioux) Lame Deer tapes, 1969.
Iktomi Trying to Outrace Beaver (Santee) Ida Lame Deer, interview with Richard Erdoes, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, 1968.
Too Smart For His Own Good (Sioux) Jake Herman, from tape recordings by Richard Erdoes, Parmelee Rodeo, 1964.
Part Six: Spider-Man in LoveOh, It’s You! (Lakota) Lame Deer tapes.
Too Many Women (Lakota) Bill Schweigman, from tape recordings by the authors, 1969.
Forbidden Fruit (Lakota and Rosebud Sioux) Lame Deer tapes, 1970.
The Spiders Give Birth to the People (Arikara) Retold from George A. Dorsey,
Traditions of the Arikara
(Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute), 1904.
Traditions of the Arikara
(Washington, DC: Carnegie Institute), 1904.
The Winkte Way (Omaha) Told to the authors at Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, 1971.
Part Seven: The Veeho CycleHe Has Been Saying Bad Things About You (Northern Cheyenne) Strange Owl, interview by the authors, Birney, Montana, summer 1972.
The Possible Bag (Northern Cheyenne) Strange Owl.
Hair Loss (Northern Cheyenne) Strange Owl.
Brother, Sharpen My Leg! (Cheyenne) From
Journal of the American Folklore
13, 1900.
Journal of the American Folklore
13, 1900.
Veeho Has His Back Scraped (Northern Cheyenne) Strange Owl.
He Sure Was a Good Shot (Cheyenne) Richard Erdoes, notes taken at Birney and Busby, Montana, 1971-1972.
The Only Man Around (Northern Cheyenne) Strange Owl.
Part Eight: The Nixant and Sitconski CyclesWhen the People Were Wild (Gros Ventre) From A. L. Kroeber,
Gros Ventre Myths and Tales,
American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers 8, Part III (New York: American Museum of Natural History), 1907.
Gros Ventre Myths and Tales,
American Museum of Natural History Anthropological Papers 8, Part III (New York: American Museum of Natural History), 1907.
The Talking Penis (Gros Ventre) Kroeber,
Gros Ventre Myths and Tales.
Gros Ventre Myths and Tales.
Hairy Legs (Gros Ventre) Kroeber,
Gros Ventre Myths and Tales.
Gros Ventre Myths and Tales.
Sitconski and the Buffalo Skull (Assiniboine) Lowie,
The Assiniboine.
The Assiniboine.
She Refused to Have Him (Assiniboine) Lowie,
The Assiniboine.
The Assiniboine.
Ni‘hancan and Whirlwind Woman (Arapaho) From George A. Dorsey,
Tradition of the Arapaho,
Field Columbian Museum Publications in Anthropology, Publication 81, Vol. 5 (Chicago: Field Columbian Museum), 1903.
Tradition of the Arapaho,
Field Columbian Museum Publications in Anthropology, Publication 81, Vol. 5 (Chicago: Field Columbian Museum), 1903.
Ni‘hancan and the Race for Wives (Arapaho) G. Dorsey,
Tradition of the Arapaho.
Part Nine: Magical Master RabbitTradition of the Arapaho.
Little Rabbit Fights the Sun (Ute) Retold and abbreviated after J. W. Powell,
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians,
Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 1 (Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1879.
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians,
Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 1 (Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1879.
The Long Black Stranger (Omaha) Retold from various early sources.
Why the Possum’s Tail Is Bare (Cherokee) From James Mooney,
Myths of the Cherokee,
Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 19 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1897-1898.
Myths of the Cherokee,
Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 19 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1897-1898.
Rabbit Escapes from the Box (Creek) From John R. Swanton,
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 88 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1929.
Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians,
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 88 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1929.
Rabbit and Possum on the Prowl (Cherokee) Mooney,
Myths of the Cherokee.
‘
Myths of the Cherokee.
‘
Tar Baby (Biloxi) From J. Owen Dorsey, “Two Biloxi Tales,”
Journal of American Folklore
5, 1892.
Journal of American Folklore
5, 1892.
Don’t Believe What People Tell You (San Ildefonso and San Juan) From notes of Alfonso Ortiz.
Part Ten: Nanabozho and Whiskey JackNanabozho and the Fish Chief (Great Lakes Tribes) Retold from various nineteenth-century sources.
Why We Have to Work So Hard Making Maple Sugar (Menomini) Abbreviated and retold from Walter James Hoffman,
The Menomini Indians,
Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 14, Part I (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1896.
The Menomini Indians,
Bureau of American Ethnology Annual Report 14, Part I (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institute), 1896.
Who Is Looking Me in the Face? (Menomini) Retold from Hoffman,
The Menomini Indians.
The Menomini Indians.
Why Women Have Their Moon-Time (Menomini) Retold from Hoffman,
The Menomini Indians.
The Menomini Indians.
Whiskey Jack Wants to Fly (Cree and Métis) Oohosis-Desjarlais, from tape recordings by the authors, 1971—1972. See also
Journal of American Folklore
42, 1929.
Journal of American Folklore
42, 1929.
Wesakaychak, the Windigo, and the Ermine (Cree and Métis) Oohosis-Desjarlais tape, 1972.
Part Eleven: Old Man Napi Chooses a WifeChoosing Mates (Blackfoot) From James Willard Schultz, Blackfoot Tales of Glacier
National
Park,
Montana
(Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press), 1916; and from George Bird Grinnell,
Pawnee, Blackfoot and Cheyenne
(New York: Charles Scribner), 1913.
National
Park,
Montana
(Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press), 1916; and from George Bird Grinnell,
Pawnee, Blackfoot and Cheyenne
(New York: Charles Scribner), 1913.
Napi Races Coyote for a Meal (Blackfoot) From Percy Bullchild,
The Sun Came Down: The History of the World as My Elders Told It
(San Francisco: Harper & Row), 1985.
The Sun Came Down: The History of the World as My Elders Told It
(San Francisco: Harper & Row), 1985.
Magic Leggings (Blackfoot) Retold from various nineteenth-century sources.
Part Twelve: Glooskap the GreatHow the Lord of Men and Beasts Strove with the Mighty Wasis and Was Shamefully Defeated (Penobscot) From Charles Godfrey Leland,
Algonquin Legends of New England; or, Myths and Folklore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penoboscot Tribes
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin), 1884.
Algonquin Legends of New England; or, Myths and Folklore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penoboscot Tribes
(Boston: Houghton Mifflin), 1884.
Glooskap Turns Men into Rattlesnakes (Passamaquoddy) Maynard Stanley, interview with the authors, New York, 1974.
Kuloskap and the Ice-Giants (Passamaquoddy) From John Dineley Prince,
Passamaquoddy Texts,
American Ethnological Society Publications 10 (New York: G. E. Stechert), 1921.
Passamaquoddy Texts,
American Ethnological Society Publications 10 (New York: G. E. Stechert), 1921.
Questions, Questions (Passamaquoddy) From nineteenth century-sources and from Stanley notes.
A New Way to Travel (Micmac) Retold from various 1880s sources.
Glooskap Grants Four Wishes (Micmac) Retold from various nineteenth-century sources.
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