native american indian legends and facts

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i'll be putting information in here as i find it about native american indian....facts, legends and their beliefes please share any information you may have or find about these people who got here before we did they have a very rich culture and we can learn much from them.

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American Indians






Where Will Our Children Live...

A lonesome warrior stands in fear of what the future brings,
he will never hear the beating drums or the songs his brothers sing.

Our many nations once stood tall and ranged from shore to shore
but most are gone and few remain and the buffalo roam no more.

We shared our food and our land and gave with open hearts,
We wanted peace and love and hope, but all were torn apart.

All this was taken because we did not know what the white man had in store,
They killed our people and raped our lands and the buffalo roam no more.

But those of us who still remain hold our heads up high, and the spirits of
the elders flow through us as if they never died.

Our dreams will live on forever and our nations will be reborn, our bone and
beads and feathers all will be proudly worn.

If you listen close you will hear the drums and songs upon the winds, and in
the distance you will see....the buffalo roam again.

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famous native american indians
Buffalo Soldiers
Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce
Chief Pontiac
Code Talkers I
Code Talkers II
Eli Samuel Parker
Famous Native Americans from History
General George Custer
Geronimo
Jim Thorpe
Junipero Serra
Lori Piestewa
Moundbuilders
Native Aerican Medal of Honor Recipients
Navajo Medicine Man
Notable Native Women
Papooses
Pocahontas
Quanah Parker
Red Cloud
Sacagawea
Sequoyah
Sitting Bull
Squanto
Stand Watie
Tecumseh
Wovoka

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The Buffalo









2,000 pounds, six feet tall at the humped shoulders - the Buffalo-"Bison"...

Its spirit was praised before every hunt with a tribal ritual dance. The buffalo supplied virtually everything that the Plain Indians needed to stay alive; food, clothing, tools, and housing.

A. Brains - hide, preparation



B. Skull - ceremonies, sun dance, prayer



C. Horns - cups, fire carrier, powderhorn, sthingys, ladles, headdresses, signals, toys



D. Tongue - best part of meat



E. Beard - ornamentation or apparel and weapons


F. Rawhide - containers, clothing, headdresses, food, medicine bags, shields, buckets, moccasin soles, rattles, drums, drumsticks, splints, cinches, ropes, thongs, saddles, stirrups, knife cases, bull boats, quirts, armbands, lance cases, horse masks, horse forehead ornaments, bullet pouches, belts



G. Buckskin - moccasin tops, cradles, winter robes, bedding, breechclouts, shirts, leggings, belts, dresses, pipe bags, pouches, paint bags, quivers, tipi covers, gun cases, lance covers, coup flag covers, dolls



H. Hoof & Feet - glue, rattles


I. Meat - (every part eaten) pemmican (converted), hump ribs - immed., jerky (converted), inner parts eaten on the spot



J. Four Chambered Stomach - first stomach content: frostbite & skin diseases, liner: container for carrying and storing water, cooking vessel



K. Scrotum - rattles

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L. Bladder - sinew pouches, quill pouches, small medicine bags

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M. Paunch - lining for buckets, cups, basins, dishes



N. Skin of hind leg - moccasins or boots



O. Buffalo Chips - fuel, signals, ceremonial smoking



P. Tail - medicine switch, fly brush, lodge exterior decorations, whips


Q. Bones - knives, arrowheads (ribs) , shovels, splints, winter sleds, arrow straighteners, saddle trees, war clubs, scrapers (ribs), quirts, awls, paint brushes (hipbones), game dice


R. Muscles - sinew: bows, thread, arrows, cinches, glue


S. Hair - headdresses, saddle pad filler, pillows, ropes, ornaments, halters, medicine balls


T. Whole Animal - totem, clan symbol, white buffalo sacred, adult yellow rare-prized

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NATIONS
blackfeet nation
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Cherokee Nation
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Choctaw Nation
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation - Colville Tribe
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Coquille Indian Tribe
Costanoan-Ohlone Indian Canyon Resource
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe
Delaware Tribe
Gabrieleno/Tongva Nation
Gila River Indian Community
Hopi Tribe [Missing 5/28/07]
Innu Nation/Mamit Innuat
International Indian Treaty Council
Jatibonicu Taino Tribal Nation
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Klamath Tribes
Lumbee Tribe
Makah Nation
Mohegan Tribe
Muckleshoot Tribe
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Nation of Hawai`i
Navajo Nation
Oneida Indian Nation of NY
Osage Nation
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
Penobscot Indian Nation
Powhatan Renape Nation
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation [Can't connect 11/26/07]
Sac and Fox Nation
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Secwepemc Nation
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Sitka Tribe
Southern Ute Tribe
Spokane Tribe of Indians
Suquamish Tribe
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians
Tulalip Tribes
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
United South and Eastern Tribes
United Tribe of Shawnee Indians
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
White Mountain Apache Tribe
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

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The Wolf Dance

Native American Lore




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I wanted to give something of my past to my grandson. So I took him into the woods, to a quiet spot. Seated at my feet he listened as I told him of the powers that were given to each creature. He moved not a muscle as I explained how the woods had always provided us with food, homes, comfort, and religion. He was awed when I related to him how the wolf became our guardian, and when I told him that I would sing the sacred wolf song over him, he was overjoyed. In my song, I appealed to the wolf to come and preside over us while I would perform the wolf ceremony so that the bondage between my grandson and the wolf would be lifelong. I sang.
In my voice was the hope that clings to every heartbeat. I sang.

In my words were the powers I inherited from my forefathers. I sang.

In my cupped hands lay a spruce seed -- the link to creation. I sang.

In my eyes sparkled love. I sang.

And the song floated on the sun's rays from tree to tree.

When I had ended, it was if the whole world listened with us to hear the wolf's reply. We waited a long time but none came. Again I sang, humbly but as invitingly as I could, until my throat ached and my voice gave out.

All of a sudden I realized why no wolves had heard my sacred song. There were none left! My heart filled with tears. I could no longer give my grandson faith in the past, our past.

At last I could whisper to him: "It is finished!" "Can I go home now?" He asked, checking his watch to see if he would still be in time to catch his favorite program on TV. I watched him disappear and wept in silence. All is finished!

by Chief Dan George (chief of the Salish Band in Burrard Inlet, B.C.)

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Remove Us Once Again


By Deborah "Awiunegusdi" Shelar 9/13/97
What has become of the word respect?
Is there none left today?
Is there nothing you would honor?
If we were digging up your cemetary, What would you say?

These bones of old may mean nothing to you.
But herein resides our ancestors.
Resting in these most sacred sites.
We are here as their protectors.

You say these roads and stores are progress.
But it is not thru your cemetary you cross.
Your people lie in complete rest.
Ours is not your loss.

You have driven us from our lands before.
This we knew would be.
Can we not finally be at peace?
Is there nothing Holy you can see?

Look into your hearts this day.
And all the others to come.
What will you see within?
What are you to become?

This greed of man is an evil thing.
But seems to rule your heart.
Its never too late to make a change.
Now's the time to start.

Stop the destruction of our people, our lands.
Stop and close this door of sin.
Let us all gather to pray.
It is time for a new day to begin.

Have you not seen within yourselves.
The destruction you have wrought.
Only in the name of progress.
For roads to be made and gee gaws can be bought?

Our people wish only to live in peace.
And honor how we were taught.
To show respect for all things.
Its so little the things we've sought.

There's been enough of hate and greed.
New seeds must now be planted.
But through these deeds like this you do.
Taking this thing called progress for granted.

We gave and gave and had more stolen.
Just to please this greed.
But now is the time to take a stand.
And respect us in our need.

These sites to us are still most Holy.
And these bones that lie within.
Show the respect you would like returned.
Let the healing begin.

The road we have traveled has often been hard.
Your progress making it even more so.
Remove us once again?
We are saying, "NO!"

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INDIAN LEGENDS

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While Native American culture has struggled to survive through centuries of displacement and assimilation, the stories and legends passed on from generation to generation refuse to die; this is perhaps due to their common, timeless message of peace and harmony with nature, which is now more relevant with each passing year.

Long ago, before the conquistadors, colonists, missionaries, and settlers came to North-America from Europe, there were thousands of tribes, clans, and peoples of various beliefs and customs living in longhouses, teepees, aps, and other dwellings; hunting, fishing, farming and gathering, only taking what was needed, and making the most of every animal killed in the hunt, or plant which had been harvested.

While cultures and customs varied, all Native American Indian beliefs were rooted in Animism, meaning that they believed the universe was bound together by the spirits within all natural life, from plants, animals, humans, water, and even the Earth itself.

This website is an ever growing resource designed to keep the stories and legends of various aboriginal cultures alive. Although all of the texts appearing on this site are in the English language, our goal was to present each text in it's earliest translated form, so that the richness of the details would still be present; undiluted from centuries of retellings.

We recognize that there are many more stories and legends which do not yet appear on this site, and that there are many other tribes which are not yet represented in our list, but we intend to add more texts in the future, based on suggestions and submissions. For now, enjoy the ancient lore of the Algonquin, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chinook, Choctaw, Chumash, Comanche, Creek, Hopi, Iroquois, Lakota, Lenape, Mohawk, Navajo, Seneca, Sioux, and others, and share your comments and ideas on our Forum.

By keeping Native American culture alive through storytelling, we may learn a thing or two about the world we live in.

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HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE

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The earth is a great island floating in a sea of water, and suspended at each of the four cardinal points by a cord hanging down from the sky vault, which is of solid rock. When the world grows old and worn out, the people will die and the cords will break and let the earth sink down into the ocean, and all will be water again. The Indians are afraid of this.

When all was water, the animals were above in Gälûñ'lätï, beyond the arch; but it was very much crowded, and they were wanting more room. They wondered what was below the water, and at last Dâyuni'sï, "Beaver's Grandchild," the little Water-beetle, offered to go and see if it could learn. It darted in every direction over the surface of the water, but could find no firm place to rest. Then it dived to the bottom and came up with some soft mud, which began to grow and spread on every side until it became the island which we call the earth. It was afterward fastened to the sky with four cords, but no one remembers who did this.

At first the earth was flat and very soft and wet. The animals were anxious to get down, and sent out different birds to see if it was yet dry, but they found no place to alight and came back again to Gälûñ'lätï. At last it seemed to be time, and they sent out the Buzzard and told him to go and make ready for them. This was the Great Buzzard, the father of all the buzzards we see now. He flew all over the earth, low down near the ground, and it was still soft. When he reached the Cherokee country, he was very tired, and his wings began to flap and strike the ground, and wherever they struck the earth there was a valley, and where they turned up again there was a mountain. When the animals above saw this, they were afraid that the whole world would be mountains, so they called him back, but the Cherokee country remains full of mountains to this day.

When the earth was dry and the animals came down, it was still dark, so they got the sun and set it in a track to go every day across the island from east to west, just overhead. It was too hot this way, and Tsiska'gïlï', the Red Crawfish, had his shell scorched a bright red, so that his meat was spoiled; and the Cherokee do not eat it. The conjurers put the sun another hand-breadth higher in the air, but it was still too hot. They raised it another time, and another, until it was seven handbreadths high and just under the sky arch. Then it was right, and they left it so. This is why the conjurers call the highest place Gûlkwâ'gine Di'gälûñ'lätiyûñ', "the seventh height," because it is seven hand-breadths above the earth. Every day the sun goes along under this arch, and returns at night on the upper side to the starting place.

There is another world under this, and it is like ours in everything--animals, plants, and people--save that the seasons are different. The streams that come down from the mountains are the trails by which we reach this underworld, and the springs at their heads are the doorways by which we enter, it, but to do this one must fast and, go to water and have one of the underground people for a guide. We know that the seasons in the underworld are different from ours, because the water in the springs is always warmer in winter and cooler in summer than the outer air.

When the animals and plants were first made--we do not know by whom--they were told to watch and keep awake for seven nights, just as young men now fast and keep awake when they pray to their medicine. They tried to do this, and nearly all were awake through the first night, but the next night several dropped off to sleep, and the third night others were asleep, and then others, until, on the seventh night, of all the animals only the owl, the panther, and one or two more were still awake. To these were given the power to see and to go about in the dark, and to make prey of the birds and animals which must sleep at night. Of the trees only the cedar, the pine, the spruce, the holly, and the laurel were awake to the end, and to them it was given to be always green and to be greatest for medicine, but to the others it was said: "Because you have not endured to the end you shall lose your, hair every winter."

Men came after the animals and plants. At first there were only a brother and sister until he struck her with a fish and told her to multiply, and so it was. In seven days a child was born to her, and thereafter every seven days another, and they increased very fast until there was danger that the world could not keep them. Then it was made that a woman should have only one child in a year, and it has been so ever since.

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Nunnehi

I have been ask to explain what "nunnehi" are.
My standard disclaimer when i talk about these creatures is that, 1.
they are not spirits,and 2 they are bound by many of the physical laws
we are.

Nunnehi are creatures from cherokee legend. They take 2 forms, the
larger, is that of a perfectly formed human, be it male or female.
The smaller form is gray often appearing as fuzzy or out of focus.
Let me start with the larger Nunnehi. They are kind, gentle and
helpful. Travelers who were lost often reported being taken in and
cared for by a stranger they met in the woods. The traveler would
spend the night with the stranger and be lead back to their home,
parting ways with the stranger just out of sight of other people.
When the traveler would later try to find the kind stranger, there
would be no sign of any habitation where their house had stood.
Stories differ but the larger nunnehi seem to be confined to a
strictly human form. Also much like man the nunnehi enjoy food, music
and dance.
The music of the nunnehi is said to have been heard in the woods
many times but when someone would go to find it, the sound would move
always getting behind them.
In times of war the larger nunnehi were none to show themselves in
large numbers often hundreds at a time, to defend the cherokee. The
nunnehi were only known to defend, never to attack or conquer.

The smaller nunnehi or Yûñwï Tsunsdi' "little people" are of a
very different veriety. Often helpful and caring they have a
unpredictable side. The little people, most notably preffer children
and the elderly, said to be tenaciously protective of either. In some
cases the little people will become attached to a person and follow
them around. The little people provide care and protection for most,
but occasionaly they may find a human they don't like. If a person
abuses a child or the elderly they may find themselves facing the
anger of one of cherokee mythologies greatest pranksters. In some
cases if the offense warrants the nunnehi will maime or kill the person.
The appearance of the little people is of some importance. In some
stories mainly those past down by the white people the little people
have small well formed human like bodies, but in actuallity they are
small grey and often appear as if your eyes are not focusing
correctly. The features are usually vague with dark spots for eyes
and little definition to the body. The fuzzy look they have may be
explained by the fact that they move so quick. The little peoples
mode of locomotion is quite simple...they run, really really fast.
When seen, the little people often seem to appear then disappear
suddenly, due to their speed. Cats become quite startled at their
sudden appearance. Gravity has little affect on these critters as
they neither lean or slow down to make a turn, they will effortlessly
move around objects be it walls or people. the little people though
fast, are not all seeing and can and have been taken off guard.
As i said in my disclaimer, I do not believe that the nunnehi are
spirits. I think these creatures inhabit the same space we do and
live by many of the same laws. The larger nunnehi have been theorized
to be angels, as they only do good and help those in need. The
smaller nunnehi, as I beleive are creatures that exist just a little
out of our dimension, kind of out of focus if you will.

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