A selection of over twenty legends from sixteen tribes. Stories dwell mainly on the interrelationships between man and his natural world.

The stone boy (Sioux) -- First creator and only man (Mandan) -- The wanderings of the Hopi (Hopi) -- Crow necklace and his ceremony (Hidatsa) -- The story of Hungry Wolf (Assiniboine) -- Origin of the sweat lodge (Nez Perce) -- Why there are no snakes on Takhoma? (Cowlitz) -- Dog goes for fire (Coeur d'Alene) -- Origin of sun, moon and stars (Eskimo) -- Story of the northern lights (Eskimo) -- Quarrel of the sun and moon (Sioux) -- Coyote and rattlesnake (Sia) -- Owl and raven (Eskimo) -- The creation of mankind (Pit River) -- How old man above created the world (Shasta) -- Chipmunk and snake (Nez Perce) -- Wolf boy (Kiowa) -- Origin of the sacred arrow (Gros Ventres) -- Unknown one, son of two men (Gros Ventres) -- The bird that turned the meat bitter (Mandan) -- Sendeh cheats the soldier (Kiowa) -- Jay's skinny legs (Flathead) -- The finding of the Tsomass (Vancouver Island).