Myths and Legends of the Sioux

A compilation of stories about the beliefs and everyday life of the Sioux, told to Marie McLaughlin by the older members of the tribe. The timbre of a people's stories tells of the qualities of that people's heart. It is the texture of thought which tells the quality of the mind from which it springs. In the timbre of these stories of the Sioux, told in the lodges and at camp fires of the past, and by the firesides of the Dakotas of today, we recognize the very texture of the thought of a simple and sincere people, living in intimate contact and friendship with nature. These stories present a vivid imaging of the simple things and creatures of nature and the epics of their doings. They give valuable insight into the quality of an interesting race which is now fast receding into the mists of the past. http://pueblopublishing.wordpress.com