Paul Goble

For the tribes of the American plains in the Buffalo Days of the pre-reservation life, horse raiding was a chance for men to show their courage and bravery in battle. "No man can help another to be brave," says grandfather to fourteen-year-old Lone Bull, "but through brave deeds you may become a leader one day." Lone Bull wanted to be a warrior and he knew, he could be victorious in a horse raid if only given the chance! But when, Lone Bull's father...

When two Plains Indian children become lost, they are cared for and guided safely home by a friendly wolf.

A gift to a shy young man from the birds and animals helps him to express his love to a beautiful girl.

Retells the Cheyenne legend in which a girl and her seven chosen brothers become the Big Dipper.

A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the "Lost Children," or Pleiades.

Based on a Lakota myth in which a mysterious woman returns the buffalo and the other animals to the Indian people.

Iktomi, the Plains Indian trickster, interrupts a powwow of the Mouse People and gets his head stuck in a buffalo skull. Asides and questions printed in italics may be addressed by the storyteller to listeners, encouraging them to make their own remarks about the action.