Two friends go out hunting for horses--but only one returns--in this story based in the Lakota Indian tradition.

Relates Iktomi's fruitless efforts to pick some buffalo berries.

Crow Chief always warns the buffalo that hunters are coming, until Falling Star, a savior, comes to camp, tricks Crow Chief, and teaches him that all must share and live like relatives together.

A Dakota woman learns a hard lesson about greed and selfishness when she takes the winter supply of earth beans from Heetunka, the Bean Mouse, and leaves nothing in return.

Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.

This accessible and affordable volume combines two essential collections by Sioux author Zitkala-Sa. American Indian Stories assembles short stories, autobiographical reflections, and political essays that offer poignant reflections on the author's sense of being stranded between the white and Native American worlds. Old Indian Legends features tales from the oral tradition legends passed down through the generations that form a genre known as the...