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NATIVE STORIES: Apache, The Story of Creation

Apache, The Story of Creation In the beginning nothing existed–no earth, no sky, no sun, no moon, only darkness was everywhere. Suddenly from the darkness emerged a thin disc, one side yellow and the other side white, appearing suspended in midair. Within the disc sat a small bearded man, Creator, the One Who Lives Above. As if [...]

NATIVE STORIES: Blackfoot, The Origins of the Buffalo Dance

——————————————————————————– Traditional Blackfoot story of How the Buffalo Dance was given to the people. ——————————————————————————– When the buffalo first came to be upon the land, they were not friendly to the people. When the hunters tried to coax them over the cliffs for the good of the villages, they were reluctant to offer themselves up. They did not [...]

NATIVE STORIES: Apache, How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth

Apache: How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth ——————————————————————————– In the first days a powerful being named Humpback owned all the buffalo. He kept them in a corral in the mountains north of San Juan, where he lived with his young son. Not one buffalo would Humpback release for the people on earth, nor would he share [...]

NATIVE STORIES: The Buffalo and the Field Mouse

Once upon a time, when the Field-Mouse was out gathering wild beans for the winter, his neighbor, the Buffalo, came down to graze in the meadow. This the little Mouse did not like, for he knew that the other would mow down all the long grass with his prickly tongue, and there would be no place in which to hide. He [...]

NATIVE STORIES: Why Opossum has a Pouch

Why Opossum has a Pouch (Koasati Tribe) retold by S. E. Schlosser One evening, Opossum was playing in a field with her babies when Big Bat came swooping down and grabbed all of the little ones and carried them away. Opossum shouted and begged for Bat to bring her babies back to her, but he would not. Bat put [...]

NATIVE STORIES: Windigo

Windigo Ojibwa First Nation retold by S. E. Schlosser The storm lasted so long that they thought they would starve. Finally, when the wind and swirling snow had died away to just a memory, the father, who was a brave warrior, ventured outside. The next storm was already on the horizon, but if food was not found soon, the [...]

Crow Brings the Daylight An Inuit Myth retold by S. E. Schlosser Long, long ago, when the world was still new, the Inuit lived in darkness in their home in the fastness of the north. They had never heard of daylight, and when it was first explained to them by Crow, who traveled back and forth between the northlands [...]

Coyote and Wishpoosh

Coyote and Wishpoosh (Chinook) retold by S. E. Schlosser Now Wishpoosh the monster beaver lived in the beautiful Lake Cle-el-lum which was full of fish. Every day, the animal people would come to the lake, wanting to catch some fish, but Wishpoosh the giant beaver drove them away with many threats and great splashing. If they refused to leave, [...]

Coyote and the Columbia

Coyote and the Columbia (Sahaptin/Salishan Tribes) retold by S. E. Schlosser One day, Coyote was walking along. The sun was shining brightly, and Coyote felt very hot. “I would like a cloud,” Coyote said. So a cloud came and made some shade for Coyote. Coyote was not satisfied. “I would like more clouds,” he said. More clouds came along, and the sky [...]

The Bloody Knife

The Bloody Knife (Micmac) retold by S. E. Schlosser Many and many a year ago, two Micmac warriors from rival villages got into a terrible argument. Harsh words were exchanged, and then knives were pulled. The warriors battled back and forth on the banks of a small creek. They fought with the ferocity of grizzlies, tearing at each other [...]

Attack of the Mammoth

Attack of the Mammoth Kaska First Nation retold by S. E. Schlosser The man and his family were constantly on the moving, hunting for beaver. They traveled from lake to lake, stream to stream, never staying any place long enough for it to become a home. The woman sometimes silently wished that they would find a village and [...]

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California Purchased from Whites! BCA Created!

THE BUREAU OF CAUCASIAN AFFAIRS United Native Americans is proud to announce that it has purchased the state of California from the whites and is throwing it open for Indian settlement. UNA bought California from three winos found wandering in San- Francisco. UNA decided the winos were the spokesmen for the white people of California. These winos promptly [...]

Wize old Indian can fortell the weather….

There was this old Indian who started working for this construction company.  His first day on the job the crew was worried about the dark clouds overhead. He spoke up and said “It ain’t gonna rain”. Sure enough, he was right! And so for months this went on, the crew asked him everyday what the weather was gonna be, and the [...]

Native ghosts and hauntings in Minnesota!

  I heard about some of these places in Minnesota that were either haunted by Natives or were haunted because of Natives… or something like that, anyway, thought you might get a kick out of reading about them, heck, if you live in Minnesopta, why not go viset some of them and let us know what [...]

QUESTION: Who is this indian, is he Lakota?

does anyone know who this is? He kind of looks like a lakota chief, but it’s hard to tell… One person suggested to me that it is “Crazy in the Lodge” who was a ‘head soldier’ under Spotted Tail and that this photo was taken by a man named Morrow, but he was not sure. Another [...]

COMMENT BY “JUSTICE”

As part of my religion I am encouraged to work on and study my genealogy. I enjoy it but I have a big hole in my mother’s side of the family. I am part Cherokee but I don’t know how much as my mother says her Great Grandmother was a full blooded indian. Mother only [...]

QUESTION: Just who is the Chief?

ASKED BY STEVE:  Quote: “ Barbara Buttes is an anthropologist who compiled all the genealogical records and is also Chief of the Indians who have been left out of the tribe” Quote: Sheldon Wolfchild is Chief of Minnesota’s Lower Sioux Indians I keep hearing about MN. Sioux Chiefs and presidents… I am confused as to who is really Chief and of [...]

Part black.. Part white… Part Indian?

I was just sitting here thinking that I have never heard anyone say “I am part white… or a 1/4 black. I thought of this after a friend of mine said “I am like 1/6 Native American. Who is keeping track of all these records of who is how much? Is it Whites? is it Indians? When i [...]

QUESTION: Who is this Indian?

click photo Who is this Native American Man wearing the 1871 Grant Peace Medal?   There are actualy three photos with three different Indians who are wearing the same headdress and are identified as Lakota.All of the photos that were apparently taken in the same studio One of the photos can be positivley identified as “Red Cloud”. These three photos [...]