Category: North American Mythology

According to tribal legend, the Choctaw originated from Nanih Waiya, the Mother Mound, at a location near what is present-day Noxapater, Mississippi. This creation myth…

The Crow Native name is Absaroka (or Apsaslooka) Siouan for “bird people.” Their name among Europeans became that of the well-known bird and is pronounced…

The Chumash, pronounced CHOO-mash, of the Pacific Coast are the only North American Native peoples who built boats out of planks. Other Indians used planks…

When Europeans first arrived in North America, the Cherokee occupied a large expanse of territory in the Southeast. Their homeland included mountains and valleys in…