This story explains how the Chinook Indians were created.
Chinook Creation Story
24 ViewsJanuary 2, 2002
Legends, Lore & Symbols
Native American legends and oral stories record tribal histories. Here we have collected legends from over 300 tribes, along with native American tribal prophecies and the meanings of native American symbols in lore and art. Most tribes have legends for their creation and origin stories about where and how they arrived on the surface of planet Earth.
Every aspect of life, death, and existence has its own story to explain why things are the way they are. Often, different Native American tribes had very similar beliefs, but most tribes have their own unique variations in the details of these legends. Most native American societies have some sort of trickster figure, who embodies both mischeviousness and foolish acts that teach a valuable lesson, along with acts of bravery and wisdom. In many tribes, the trickster figure is either a coyote or a raven.
Most Native American mythology has some roots in fact.
Chinook Creation Story
23 ViewsJanuary 2, 2002
This story explains how the Chinook Indians were created.
The Creation of Chinook Indians
24 ViewsJanuary 2, 2002
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Cree Indian Prophecy
23 ViewsNovember 16, 2001
Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Wyandotte Creation Story
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November 12, 2001
“In the beginning, the people were all Wyandots. They lived in Heaven. Hoo-wah-yooh-wah-neh, the Great Spirit or mighty chief, led them.
His daughter, Yah-weh-noh, was a beautiful virgin. She became very ill and could not be cured. At last the chief medicine men of the tribe held a council.
They said: ‘Dig up the big apple tree that stands by the lodge of Hooh-wah-yooh-wah-neh. Have the beautiful virgin laid on a bed of boughs near it, so that she can watch the work. She will then be cured.’
“The strongest warriors of the tribe dug all around the roots of the tree, and eventually, it fell through.
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The spreading branches caught Yah-Weh-noh and carried her with the tree down through the hole it left. Below all was water.
Two swans saw the beautiful maiden falling. One of them said: ‘I will catch her.’
The two swans then called a council of all the swimmers and water tribes to decide what to do with the beautiful young woman.
The turtle finally agreed that if some of the others would bring up from the bottom some earth and put it on his back he would carry the young woman. The earth was brought up and put on the turtle’s back.
Immediately a large island formed and became what is known as North America, which was to the Wyandots all the earth. The great turtle carried the island on his back.
Occasionally he became tired and tried to shift his great load, which caused the island to shake and vibrate.
Yah-weh-noh, in wandering about the island, found an old woman in a hut. She stopped with her and twins were born to Yah-weh-noh. They were boys.
One was good and the other was all that was bad. The good one was called Made-of-Fire. The bad one was known as Made-of-Flint.
“When the boys grew to manhood they enlarged the island and agreed to people it with the things of the earth. They separated each to do half, according to his ideas of the fitness of things.
Made-of-Fire made everything just as the Indians desired, for his heart was full of love. All the animals were kind and gentle and did not fear the Indians.
Made-of-Flint, however, made the rough mountains and monster animals, and everything he made was abhorrent to the Indians’ mind.
When they had done, each, by agreement, inspected the other’s work to modify it. Neither could completely destroy the other’s creations.
Wyandotte Creation Story
23 ViewsNovember 12, 2001
“In the beginning, the people were all Wyandots. They lived in Heaven. Hoo-wah-yooh-wah-neh, the Great Spirit or mighty chief, led them. His daughter, Yah-weh-noh, was a beautiful virgin. She became very ill and could not be cured. At last the chief medicine men of the tribe held a council. They said: ‘Dig up the big […]
Legend of The No-Face Doll
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November 12, 2001
The Iroquois people have what they call the three sisters, the “sustainers of life”. These sisters are called corn, beans, and squash. The corn Spirit was so thrilled at being one of the sustainers of life that she asked the Creator what more she could do for her people. The Creator said that a beautiful […]
November 12, 2001
Back when it was always dark, it was also always summer. One day, Coyote and Eagle went hunting. But Coyote was a poor hunter because of the dark.
Prophecy Rock
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November 11, 2001
Near Oraibi, Arizona, there is a petroglyph known as Prophesy Rock which symbolizes many Hopi prophesies. Its interpretation is:
November 11, 2001
Hopi prophesy states that World War III will be started by those peoples who first revealed the light (the divine wisdom or intelligence) in the other old countries (India, China, Islamic Nations, Africa.)
White Buffalo Calf Woman Prophecy
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November 7, 2001
The story of White Buffalo Calf Woman as told by Leonard Crow Dog.
One summer so long ago that nobody knows how long, the OcetiShakowin, the seven sacred council fires of the Lakota Oyate, the nation, came together and camped.
September 22, 2001
Some say the modern day Pow Wow competition dance known as the Ladies Fancy Shawl Dance has its roots in a ceremonial dance called the Butterfly Dance. Here is a Cherokee account of how that dance came to be.