Retellings of American folktales, tall tales, myths and legends, Native American myths, weather folklore, ghost stories, and more from each of the 50 United States of America. Great for school children and teachers. Welcome to American Folklore. This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales,
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www.americanfolklore.net/
www.americanfolklore.net/
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Below are links to several stories of Native American Indian Lore from several Tribes across Turtle Island. If you have a story of Native Indian Lore you would like to have posted here, send it to me with as much information about the Lore that you can, and I will post it with others found here.
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www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
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Index of Native American Indian legends, folktales, and mythology from many different tribes. This page is our collection of Native American folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed these stories tribe by tribe to make them easier to locate ;
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www.native-languages.org/legends.htm
www.native-languages.org/legends.htm
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Native American mythology has a very rich cultural history of its own. In the telling of tales, many things can be taught or learned. This is one of the ways that many tribes kept their cultures alive; it was not just a collection of stories, but of their beliefs, their ways, and their lives.
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www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/legend.html
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Native Americans are located geographically across the entire continent of North America. Their culture varies as much as their locations as they each have...
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learningtogive.org/lessons/unit226/lesson12.html
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The importance of this well-researched work lies in its recording of the Lenap'e legends, which have been gathered and presented here in their entirety for...
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www.amazon.com/Grandfathers-Speak-Native-American-Inter...
www.amazon.com/Grandfathers-Speak-Native-American-International/dp/1566561280
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Alice Fletcher (1834-1923) was America's first woman anthropologist and a pioneer in the study of Native American culture and society. She kept this diary during a six-week excursion to Dakota Territory in 1881. National Anthropological Archives; Smithsonian Institution;
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www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/fletcher/fletcher.htm
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Listed in the index are the following Native American tales: How the Bear Lost his Tail, The Girl who Married a Bear, Why Opossum's Tail is Bare, Coyote brings Fire, Big Turtle, Write a response to literature by responding to, interpreting, then comparing two Native American folktales (see web resources).
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www.shuntington.k12.ny.us/nativeamerlit.htm
www.shuntington.k12.ny.us/nativeamerlit.htm
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European society isn't the only only culture to have a wealth of folktales. Native Americans have an abundance of their own. Reading their folktales helps you to gain a better understanding of their culture.; Star Lore of Native America; Native American Lore (150 tales); Native American myths;
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www.easyfunschool.com/NAFolktales.html
www.easyfunschool.com/NAFolktales.html
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