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Title Indian why stories : sparks from War Eagle's lodge-fire / Frank B. Linderman (Co skee see co cot) ; illustrated by Charles M. Russell (Cah ne ta wah see na e ket), the cowboy artist ; introduction to the Bison books edition by Sidner Larson
Publisher Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1996
Edition Authorized ed
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
 Ohioana Library  E99.S54 L52 1996    LIB USE ONLY
Table of Contents
 Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped3
 How the Ducks Got Their Fine Feathers17
 Why the Kingfisher Always Wears a War-Bonnet27
 Why the Curlew's Bill is Long and Crooked37
 Old-Man Remakes the World47
 Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice65
 How the Otter Skin Became Great "Medicine"75
 Old-Man Steals the Sun's Leggings91
 Old-Man and His Conscience105
 Old-Man's Treachery117
 Why the Night-Hawk's Wings are Beautiful127
 Why the Mountain-Lion is Long and Lean137
 The Fire-Leggings151
 The Moon and the Great Snake159
 Why the Deer Has No Gall167
 Why Indians Whip the Buffalo-Berries from the Bushes175
 Old-Man and the Fox185
 Why the Birch-Tree Wears the Slashes in Its Bark199
 Mistakes of Old-Man207
 How the Man Found His Mate213
 Dreams221
 Retrospection233
Subject Siksika Indians -- Folklore
Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore
Cree Indians -- Folklore
Add'l Author Larson, Sidner J., 1949-
Description xx, 236 p. : ill. ; 21 cm
Edition Authorized ed
Note "Bison books"--P. [i]
Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1915
ISBN 0803279590 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803279599 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC # 33664826