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Myths and legends of Canada's First Nations 
Native Creation Myths
Features creation myths from the Iroquis, Blackfoot, Huron, Cree, Sioux, Haida, Tsimshian, Mi’kmaq, Algonquin, and Dene peoples.

Solar Folklore
Provides eleven myths from First Nations all over North America.

Starlore of Native America
Provides 25 legends about stars and/or the sky

Native American Culture - Stories and Legends
Features stories from all over North America.  Some are sorted as to the kind of legend  (eg Creation, etc.), while others are labelled by the First Nation source.

Encyclopedia Mythica - Folktales
Features 8 folktales from First Nations across North America. Identified by First Nation source.

Myths and Legends  (Gander Academy)
Links to legends from around the world.  Includes First Nations legends.

Creation/Migration/Origin stories
Huge selection of Native American myths and legends.  Use the drop down menu or just scroll to the titles.  Note the group name follows the myth title.

Storytelling: The art of knowledge
Features myths of the Algonquin, Abenaki, Mi’kmaq, Cree, Nisga’a, and Inuit.

The Native American bedtime story collection
Provides myths from the Iroquois and Sioux, plus other American groups.  Some stories are modern.

Traditional stories, myths and legends
Stories are sorted by regions.  Include the Northwest Coast, Inuit, Woodland, and Plains tribes.

Native American myths in brief
Provides brief summaries of myths from a variety of cultures.  Includes Sious, Blackfoot, Plains, Ojibwa, Algonquin, etc.

Native American mythology
Features myths from the Blackfoot, Inuit, Huron, Kwakiutl, Seneca, and many more nations.

Native American mythology
Features the gods of North America, in alphabetical order.  Includes brief myths along with the info.

NativeOnline: Legends
Provides a substantial collection of myths.  Does not always say which culture the myth is from.

Iroquois mythology
Brief description of the myths, legends, and characters in the myths in Iroquois mythology.

Great serpent and the great flood
A Chippewa folk tale.

The forgotten ear of corn
A Sioux myth.

Blackfeet tales
Provides full text of five myths from the Blackfoot peoples of the North American Plains.

Micmac Creation story

Religious traditions of the Micmac of Newfoundland
Features several myths.

Nuu-chah-nulth mythology

Kwakwaka’wakw mythology

Haida mythology

Totem poles: An exploration
Explores myths and magic from the coast of BC to Alaska.

Created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School.
Updated February 2007.