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Native American

Native American oral traditions, origin stories, Plains story collections, Cherokee formula texts, ceremonial sources, Native-authored religious interpretation, sacred narratives from distinct Indigenous nations and communities, and a nation-specific Haida oral-literature room.

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Texts

Blackfoot Lodge Tales — George Bird GrinnellGeorge Bird Grinnell's 1892 Blackfoot/Blackfeet collection of lodge tales, origin stories, medicine-pipe traditions, social customs, and historical notes.GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Native American shelf.Introduction to Native American TraditionsA source-conscious introduction to the Native American shelf, with nation-specific reading, sovereignty, oral authority, sacred land, old ethnographic source limits, repatriation, Plains and Cherokee source texts, Dine emergence, Hopi protection, Haudenosaunee rites, Seneca myths, and Tlingit Raven and clan texts.Myths and Legends of the Sioux — Marie L. McLaughlinMarie L. McLaughlin's 1916 collection of Sioux stories, legends, foreword, and oral-literary materials preserved in public-domain plaintext HTML.Navajo Creation Myth — The Story of the EmergenceThe Navajo emergence myth, told by the great medicine man Hasteen Klah to Mary C. Wheelwright over seventeen years of collaboration. Includes the complete creation narrative, ceremonial songs, the Blessing Chant, and glossary.Reader's Guide to Native AmericanA nation-specific guide to the Native American shelf, its Native-authored works, historical collections, languages, genres, places, and collector situations.Seneca Indian MythsA rich collection of Seneca myths and legends, including stories of the Woman Who Fell From the Sky, Genonsgwa the Stone Coats, the Flying Head, sorcerers, enchanted animals, and the journeys of heroes through the spirit world. Collected by Jeremiah Curtin among the Seneca nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.The Dine — Origin Myths of the Navaho IndiansThe origin myths of the Navaho (Dine) people, collected from Sandoval (Hastin Tlo'tsi hee) and other elders by Aileen O'Bryan in 1928. Covers the emergence through the Four Worlds, the Age of Animal Heroes, the Age of Gods, and the Wanderings of the Dine clans.The Iroquois Book of RitesThe foundational ritual text of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, recording the ceremonies of condolence and installation that sustained the world's oldest participatory democracy. Includes the original Canienga and Onondaga texts with translations, historical analysis, and glossary.The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees — James MooneyJames Mooney's 1891 Bureau of American Ethnology study of Cherokee sacred formulas, manuscripts, medicine, ceremony, prayer, and ritual language.The Soul of the Indian — Charles Alexander EastmanCharles Alexander Eastman's 1911 account of Dakota/Lakota religious philosophy, solitary worship, family prayer, ceremonial life, moral discipline, oral scripture, spirit belief, and the Great Mystery.The Traditions of the HopiA vast collection of Hopi myths, legends, and ceremonial narratives, including origin myths, clan migration stories, Kachina tales, and stories of the spirit world. Collected by ethnographer H.R. Voth at Oraibi in the early twentieth century.Tlingit Myths and TextsA comprehensive collection of Tlingit mythology, including the Raven cycle, clan legends, migration stories, and historical narratives of the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska. Collected by John R. Swanton for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Arctic2 pages
California18 pages
California and Oregon1 page
Comparative Indigenous Studies1 page
Comparative Mythology4 pages

Historical comparative studies of Indigenous American mythologies, preserved as records of scholarly argument rather than substitutes for community traditions or Indigenous scholarship.

Ethnomusicology and Song1 page
Great Lakes1 page

Great Lakes ritual and medicine-dance records preserved with named contributors, archival mediation, and living cultural-protocol boundaries.

Great Lakes and Woodlands3 pages
Great Plains13 pages
Haida4 pages

Haida oral-literary traditions from Haida Gwaii, beginning with a complete historical English reader that preserves fourteen of seventy-two narrative units in printed Haida and names many of the people who carried them.

Latin American Mythology1 page

Historical comparative studies of Latin American mythologies, preserved with regional distinctions and explicit limits on umbrella categories.

Northeastern Woodlands2 pages
Northwest Coast6 pages
South American4 pages
Southeastern Woodlands1 page
Southwest9 pages

Historical Southwest ritual records preserved with named peoples, authorization limits, and outsider archival mediation made explicit.