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Legends of the Southwest

Southwest

Legends

Apache Creation Story
Coyote Proves Himself a Cannibal
Coyote Steals Sun’s Tobacco
Creation of Summer and Winter
Death of the Great Elk
How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World
How to Scare a Bear
In the Beginning
Naiyenesgani Rescues the Taos Indians
Origin of the Apache
Spider Rock
The Attack on the Giant Elk
The Beaver and the Old Man
The Culture Heroes and Owl
The Destruction of the Bear
The Emergence
The First War
The Flight from the Fourth to the Fifth World
The Fox and the Deer
The Fox and the Kingfisher
The Fox and the Mountain Lion
The Fox and the Porcupine
The Fox and the Rabbit
The Fox and the Wildcat
The Killing of the Monsters
The Old Beggar
The Origin of Corn
The Origin of Curing Ceremonies
The Papago Butterfly Legend
The Sun, Moon and Stars
The Two Blind Old Women
Turkey Makes the Corn and Coyote Plants It
Coming of the Hopi From the Underworld
How Ball Head Wedded an Oraibi Maiden
How the Circle Katcina and His Wife Became Stars
Huruing Wuhti and the Sun
The Aholi and Other Walpi Katcinas
The Kokoshori Katcina & the Shongopavi Maiden
The Origin of Some Mishongnovi Clans
The Origin of Some Oraibi Clans
The Pookonghoyas and the Cannibal Monster
The Snake Myth
The Two War Gods and the Two Maidens
The Wanderings of the Bear Clan
The Wanderings of the Hopi
The Wanderings of the Spider Clan
Traditions of Wanderings
At the Rainbow's end
Coyote kills a Giant
The First World
The Second World
The Third World
The Fourth World
The Fifth World
How the Summer Birds Came
Origin of the Raven and the Macaw
The Beginning of Newness
The Corn Maidens
The Coyote and the Beetle
The Coyote and the Locust
The Foster Child of the Deer
The Maiden of the Yellow Rocks
The Men of Early Times
The Origin of the Society of Rattlesnakes
The Origins of the Totems and of Names
The Poor Turkey Girl
The Search for the Corn Maidens
The Search for the Middle
The Serpent of the Sea
The Warrior Suitor of Moki
The Youth and His Eagle

Resources

Ask an Elder
Hopi Prophacies Collection
Save the Southwest Languages
Apache Blessings
As I Walk with Beauty
Hopi Prayer for Peace
Medicine Song - Geronimo
Navajo Chant
Pueblo Prayer
Apache and Dene
Maps of the Southwest

Tributes

Cochise 1874
Geronimo 1829 - 1909
Dahteste Mescalero
Lozen 184? - 189?
Victorio 1880

Videos

Hopi Prophecies
Rez Dogs
Broken Rainbow
Reclaiming Their Voice

Nations

Nations

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