The Man And The Oak

There once lived a Sioux couple who had two children, a boy and a girl. Every fall this family would move away from the main camp and take up their winter quarters in a grove of ti...

Siouan Sioux Myths
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The Forgotten Ear Of Corn

An Arikara woman was once gathering corn from the field to store away for winter use. She passed from stalk to stalk, tearing off the ears and dropping them into her folded robe. W...

Siouan Sioux Myths
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The Artichoke And The Muskrat

On the shore of a lake stood an artichoke with its green leaves waving in the sun. Very proud of itself it was, and well satisfied with the world. In the lake below lived a muskrat...

Siouan Sioux Myths
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The Wonderful Turtle

Near to a Chippewa village lay a large lake, and in this lake there lived an enormous turtle. This was no ordinary turtle, as he would often come out of his home in the lake and vi...

Siouan Sioux Myths
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The Unktomi Spider Two Widows And The Red Plums

There once lived, in a remote part of a great forest, two widowed sisters, with their little babies. One day there came to their tent a visitor who was called Unktomi (spider). He...

Siouan Sioux Myths
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