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Melvin R. Gilmore. Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies
Prairie Smoke, a Collection of Lore of the Prairies
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Land and People
NATURE AND HEALTH
SPIRIT OF LIFE
ATTITUDE TOWARDS NATIVE LIFE
INDIANS’ APPRECIATION AND LOVE OF THEIR HOMELAND
SONG TO THE TREES AND STREAMS
THRILLING ESCAPE OF A WAR PARTY OUTNUMBERED AND SURROUNDED BY THEIR ENEMIES
A MANDAN MONUMENT IN COMMEMORATION OF AN ACT OF HEROISM
THE LEGEND OF STANDING ROCK
THE HOLY HILL PAHUK
THE LODGE OF THE BLACK-TAIL DEER WHICH TALKED WITH ITS CAPTOR
THE WONDERFUL BASKET
CAUSE OF THE BREAKING UP OF THE ICE IN THE MISSOURI RIVER IN SPRINGTIME
THE WATER-SPRING OF THE HOLY MAN
THE SACRED SYMBOL OF THE CIRCLE
THE SACRED NUMBER FOUR
THE PRISTINE PRAIRIE
ABORIGINAL AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
THE EARTH-LODGE
HYMN TO THE SUN
DESCRIPTION OF THE TIPI
AN OMAHA GHOST STORY
AN OMAHA HERO SONG
Stories of Plant People
SACRED TREES
THE SONG OF THE PASQUE FLOWER
THE SONG OF THE PASQUE FLOWER
THE PRAIRIE ROSE
THE SONG OF THE WILD ROSE
USE OF THE GROUND BEAN BY INDIANS
TIPSIN: AN IMPORTANT NATIVE FOOD PLANT
HOW THE PEOPLE OBTAINED THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF CORN
A GROUP OF PAWNEE HYMNS TO CORN
MOTHER CORN
LEADERSHIP OF MOTHER CORN
A HYMN OF THANKS TO MOTHER CORN
THE FORGOTTEN EAR OF CORN
HOW THE USEFULNESS OF WILD RICE WAS DISCOVERED
A STORY OF THE SUNFLOWER
DAKOTA FOLKLORE OF THE SPIDERWORT
Stories of the Four-Footed People
THE FAITHFUL DOG
HOW COYOTE CHIEF WAS PUNISHED
THE SKUNK AND THE BEAR
THE SONG OF THE OLD WOLF
Stories of the People of the Air
FOLK SAYINGS ABOUT THE MEADOWLARK
HOW THE MEADOWLARK WON THE RACE
INDIAN FOLKLORE OF THE HORNED LARK
HOW IT CAME ABOUT THAT GEESE MIGRATE
THE CAPTIVE BIRD: A TRUE STORY OF CHILDHOOD IN THE OMAHA TRIBE OF NEBRASKA
THE CHICKADEE
THE SONG OF THE WREN
THE WAR EAGLE AND THE JACK-RABBIT
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