American Indian Fairy Tales

American Indian Fairy Tales with no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Schoolcraft learned the language of these people and went out to collect and preserve their stories before the tribes disappeared under the westward rush of American civilization. Though these stories were recast as children’s fairy tales in the 1920s, they contain much of the old wisdom of a culture which has largely disappeared.

By : William Trowbridge Larned (c. 1867 - 1928) and Henry R. Schoolcraft (1793 - 1864)

01 - Iagoo, The Story-Teller 02 - Shin-ge-bis Fools The North Wind 03 - The Little Boy And Girl In The Clouds 04 - The Child Of The Evening Star 05 - The Boy Who Snared The Sun 06 - How The Summer Came 07 - Grasshopper 08 - Mish-o-sha, The Magician 09 - The Fairy Bride