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Category Archives: Native American

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Seven Dancing Brothers

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/cher/motc/motc010.htm (Cherokee)

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Posted in Evergreen, Myths, Native American, Pine

Mishosha or The Enchanted Sugar Maple (Chippewa)

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=olcott&book=indian&story=mishosha (Chippewa)

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Posted in Maple, Native American, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

Legend of the Flute

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierMay 6, 2012

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/The_Legend_Of_The_Flute-Sioux.html (Brule Sioux)

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Posted in Cedar, Environmental Stewardship, Evergreen, Healing/Consolation, Myths, Native American, Parables/Wisdom Tales

Legend of the Cedar Tree

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.powersource.com/cocinc/articles/cedar.htm

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Posted in Cedar, Healing/Consolation, Myths, Native American, Parables/Wisdom Tales

Indian Cinderella

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierJuly 31, 2012

http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/stories/cinderella_native_american.html  (Micmac) http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/cinder3.html  (Micmac)

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Posted in Healing/Consolation, Myths, Native American, Wonder Tales/Fairy Tales

How Maple Sugar Came

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=olcott&book=indian&story=maple

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Posted in Maple, Myths, Native American

How Coyote Stole Fire

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

www.angelfire.com/ma3/mythology/coyotefire.html  (Crow) http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore06.html (Crow)

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First Pine Trees (Micmac)

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=olcott&book=indian&story=pine

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Creation Myth, Iroquois

Spirit of Trees Posted on April 3, 2012 by BostonTerrierApril 3, 2012

www.dreamscape.com/morgana/oberon.htm

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Why Plants Have Human Characteristics

Spirit of Trees Posted on March 30, 2012 by BostonTerrierMay 6, 2012

Iroquoian Myth Retold by Anne Pellowski Before the earth was created there was a land above the sky. Certain beings, men and women with human characteristics but not entirely human, lived among the sky people. These beings grew so numerous … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental Stewardship, Good for Young Ages, Myths, Native American, Parables/Wisdom Tales

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