American Indian children retell forty-one tribal legends in contemporary language

Why animals are the way they are. Why dogs don't talk anymore -- Why Rattlesnake has fangs -- Why dogs sniff -- Why Coyote isn't blue -- Why bears have short tails

Why our world is like it is. How the Papagos got some shade -- Why Navajos live in hogans -- Why we have dogs in Hopi villages -- How oceans came to be -- How our people came to be -- Why saguaros grow on the south side of hills -- The fourth world of the Hopis -- Why birds live in our villages

Great troubles and great heroes. The brave mouse -- Eagleman -- How the Yei saved the people -- Mountain spirits -- The maze

People can turn into anything. Look up at the stars -- Seven Pima stars -- The eagle and the boy -- Do you want to turn into a rabbit? -- The boy who became a deer

Brother Coyote. Coyote gets Turkey up a tree -- Coyote has to have his way -- Coyote in a hailstorm -- The beautiful dream -- The tricky Coyote -- How Coyote went quail hunting -- Coyote and the money tree -- It is not good to sleep on rocks

There is magic all around us. When Geronimo sang -- When kachinas sing -- Hopi kachinas -- The power of birds -- Desert snakes and desert people -- Leave snakes alone -- Be careful of falling stars -- One who had the power of owls -- Apaches live close to nature -- We are kin to trees

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