The First Moccasins -- #YaNativeLegends

The First Moccasins -- #YaNativeLegends: There was once a great Chief of the Plains who had very tender feet. Other mighty chiefs laughed at him; little chiefs only smiled as he hobbled past; and though they did not dare to smile, the people of the tribe also enjoyed the big chief's discomfort.

The Two Inquisitive Men -- #YaNativeLegends

The Two Inquisitive Men -- #YaNativeLegends: There were two men in the old days by the names of Acha-yuongch and Ach-goyan. They lived together, but spoke and looked at each other only when they were compelled to do so.

How Thunder and Earthquake Made Ocean --- #YaNative

How Thunder and Earthquake Made Ocean --- #YaNative: Thunder lived at Sumig.
One day he said, “How shall the people live there is just prairie there?
Let us place the ocean there.” He said to Earthquake, “I want to have
water there, there so that the people may live. Otherwise they will have
nothing to live on.” He said to Earthquake, “What do you think?”

Great Plains Culture --- #YaNative

Great Plains Culture --- #YaNative: Even those people who know little about Native Americans,
their numerous tribes, and many different ways of
life, are familiar with the Plains Indians. Their horsemanship,
buffalo hunting, tipis, and warbonnets are the most
commonly represented symbols from Indian history.

A Tachi Yokut Myth --- #YaNative

A Tachi Yokut Myth --- #YaNative: A Tachi had a fine wife who died and was buried. Her husband went to her grave and dug a hole near it. There he stayed watching, not eating, using only tobacco. After two nights he saw that she came up, brushed the earth off herself, and started to go to the island of the dead. The man tried to seize her but could not hold her. She went southeast and he followed her. Whenever he tried to hold her she escaped. He kept trying to seize her, however, and delayed her. At daybreak she stopped.

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