Long ago, when the world was still quite new, buffaloes used to eat people. It's true! The hair on their chins is hair of people they used to eat! It's terrible to think of those times, but the Creator saw people's distress and decreed that a contest be held between all the Two-legged and four-legged creatures. Who would win, thundering Bufalo or fleet-footed Man? None of the other animals was fast enough, and before the end, Beaver and Muskrat slipped off into a cool stream, Jack-rabbit hopped off across the plain, and Mole and Gopher tunneled underground (and may still think the race is on).The winner was decided long ago, in Sioux and Cheyenne legend. Buffalo--who lost--agreed to give up eating men for dinner, and thanks to the cunning of a single magpie, Man became the guardian of the natural world.

The Great Race

Children's Books

Paul Goble

Literature & Fiction

Collins

A brave boy goes into the hills and prays for help for his people. A rider on a magnificent animal comes to him and says: "This animal is called the Sacred Dog. He can do many things your dogs can do and also more...He is as the wind: gentle but sometimes frightening." The clouds close and suddenly one by one countless Sacred Dogs course down from the sky. And so the courage of one determined boy is rewarded by the Great Spirit: The horse, or Sacred Dog, is given to his tribe.

The gift of the sacred dog (A new view)

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Pub. Co.

Paul Goble retells a Cheyenne legend of how the Big Dipper came into being. The story begins with a lovely Indian maiden, who finds inspiration in her love and respect for the spirits.Discover how she and her seven brothers jumped onto the boundless star-prairies of the world above.

Her Seven Brothers

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Macmillian/McGraw-Hill

Buffalo Woman

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

Buffalo woman

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing (1984)

A brave boy goes into the hills and prays for help for his people. A rider on a magnificent animal comes to him and says: "This animal is called the Sacred Dog. He can do many things your dogs can do and also more...He is as the wind: gentle but sometimes frightening." The clouds close and suddenly one by one countless Sacred Dogs course down from the sky. And so the courage of one determined boy is rewarded by the Great Spirit: The horse, or Sacred Dog, is given to his tribe.

Gift of the Sacred Dog, The

Animals

Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books

Stunning full-color portraits of the wildlife and landscapes of the Great Plains complement a dramatic retelling of a Lakota tale of treachery and adventure. By the Caldecott Medalist for The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.

Adopted By the Eagles

Geography & Cultures

Bradbury Press

Lost in the mountains, Tiblo and his little sister Tanksi are rescued by a friendly wolf who leads them safely back to their village

Dream Wolf

A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race, a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whether man or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of Creation.

The Great Race of the Birds and Animals

Girl Who Loved Wild Horses

Classics

Macmillan

Gift of the Sacred Dog

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