Promotional Information

Introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers

Table of Contents

Introduction to the New Bison Books Edition by Darrell KippIntroduction to the Bison Books Edition by Alice Beck KehoeIntroduction by Clark WisslerI. Tales of the Old Man1. The Making of the Earth2. Languages confused on a Mountain3. Order of Life and Death4. Why People die Forever5. The First Marriage6. Old Man leads a Migration7. Old Man and the Great Spirit8. Old Man gambles9. Old Man and the Rolling Stone10. Old Man roasts Squirrels in Hot Ashes11. Old Man makes a Drive, and loses Meat in a Race12. Old Man sees Berries in the Water13. Old Man loses his Eyes14. Old Man and the Fire-Leggings15. Old Man frightens a Bear16. Old Man gets fast in an Elk-Skull, and loses his Hair17. Old Man cooks Two Babies18. Old Man's Escape19. Old Man deceived by Two Women20. Old Man sees Girls picking Strawberries21. Old Man penem trans flumen mittit22. Old Man makes Buffalo laugh23. Adventures of Old ManII. Star Myths1. The Twin-Brothers, or Stars2. Blood-Clot, or Smoking-Star3. The Fixed-Star4. Scar-Facea) Version by a Piegan Manb) Version by a Piegan Woman5. Cuts-Wood6. The Seven Stars7. The Bunched Stars8. The Moon-WomanIII. Ritualistic Origins1. The Beaver-Medicinea) Northern Blackfoot Versionb) Blood Versionc) North Piegan Versiond) Piegan Version2. Otter-Woman3. Tobacco-Seeds and Beaver-Medicine4. Crow Indian Water-Medicine5. Scabby-Round-Robe6. The Elk-Woman a) Blood Versionb) Piegan Version7. The Buffalo-Rocka) Piegan Versionb) Northern Blackfoot Version8. Origin of the Medicine-Pipe9. The Worm-Pipe10. A Pipe from the Seven Stars11. The Black-Covered Pipe12. The Otter-Lodge13. The Bear-Lodge14. The Horse-Lodge15. Black and Yellow Buffalo-Painted Lodges16. The Crow-Painted Lodge17. The Bear-Knife18. The Smoking-Otter19. The Medicine-Shields20. Never-Sits-Down's Shield21. The Eagle-Head Charm22. The Pigeons23. The Mosquitoes24. The Braves25. Dog-Chief26. Has-Scars-All-Over27. Scabby-Bull28. The Horns and the Matokia) Blood Versionb) North Piegan Version29. The Kit-Fox30. The Catchers31. The Buffalo's Adopted ChildIV. Cultural and Other Origins1. The Whirlwind-Boy2. The Bladder Story3. The Water-Bull4. Red-Head5. The Meeting in the Cave6. Why Dogs do not Talk7. Why Women are able to stick the Poles into the Holes of the Ears of the Lodge after Dark8. Contest between the Thunder-Bird and the Raven9. The Raven Rescues People10. Why Grasshopper Spit11. How Medicine-Hat got its NameV. Miscellaneous Tales1. The Lost Children2. The Woman who got Meat from the Cliff3. Bear-Moccasin, the Great Medicine-Man4. The Split Feather5. The Treacherous Wives6. The Woman who Married a Snake7. The Woman who Married Filth8. The Woman who Married a Horse9. The Woman with a Sharpened Leg10. The Woman without a Body11. The Man Cut in two below the Waist12. The Ghost-Woman13. Fed by a Ghost14. Fed by a Coyote15. Riding the Buffalo16. The Kutenai Black-Tail Deer-Dance17. The Horned-Toad and the Frog18. Turtle goes to War19. The Warrior's Dilemma20. A Warrior's Duty and his Love21. The Wolverene-Woman22. Seven-Heads23. The Sand Hills Index

About the Author

Clark Wissler (1870–1947) was curator at the American Museum of Natural History and chairman of the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. He is the author of North American Indians of the Plains and Man and Culture. Alice Beck Kehoe is the author of many books, including North American Indians: A Comprehensive Account, America Before the European Invasions, and the anthropology textbook Humans. Darrell Kipp (Blackfoot) is the director of the Piegan Institute, whose national objectives are to promote support for Native language issues through advocacy and education and to provide a voice for the national and international dialogue on Native language restoration.