Indian Why Stories

• By: Frank B. Linderman
• Format: Paperback, 85 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Usually ships in: 1 to 3 business days
• ISBN: 0486288005

A collection of 22 stories, from creation stories to accounts of how animals acquired certain physical characteristics.

Illustrations by Charles M. Russell

This collection was assembled nearly a century ago by a devotee of Indian lore who considered them "well worth saving", and recounts many of the legends told to him by members of the Blackfeet, Chippewa and Cree tribes. Stories include: Why the Kingfisher Always Wears a War-Bonnet, Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped, Why the Mountain Lion is Long and Lean, Why the Birch Tree Wears the Slashes in its Bark, and more.