Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-364) and index.

Part one: From the Northwest -- Creation of the first indians / Chelan -- Coyote and Multnomah Falls / Wasco -- When the animals and birds were created / Makah -- Raven's great adventure / Alaska -- Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood / Yellowstone -- Coyote and the monsters of the Bitterroot Valley / Flathead or Salish -- Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers / Moses Band of Columbia River Indians -- Coyote's adventures in Idaho / Flathead -- Origin of Camas Roots / Okanagon -- Coyote's Salmon / Sanpoil -- Pah-To, the White Eagle / Wasco -- Bridge of Gods / Wasco -- Raven and his grandmother / Aleuts -- White-Faced Bear / Aleuts -- Two Inquisitive Men / Aleuts -- Girl who searched for her lover / Aleuts -- Girl who married the moon / Aleuts -- Part two: From the Southwest -- Flood on Superstition Mountain -- Pima -- How the Hopi Indians reached their world / Hopi -- How the Great Chiefs made the moon and the sun / Hopi -- First journey through Grand Canyon / Hopi -- Origin of the Clans / Hopi -- Wind God / Hopi -- At the rainbow's end / Navaho -- Legend of the night chant / Navaho -- Spider Rock / Navaho -- Song of the horses / Navaho -- Story of the Two Brother-Cousins / Navaho -- Creation / Apache -- Origin of fire / Jicarilla-Apache -- Origin of the animals / Jicarilla-Apache -- An Apache Medicine Dance / Jicarilla-Apache -- Legend of the Big Bird / Chipewyan -- Lengend of the White Bear / Chipewyan -- Hummingbird / Zuni -- Four flutes / Zuni -- Yellow hand / Papago -- Why the North Star stands still / Paiute -- A California creation myth / Yokut -- Why Mount Shasta erupted / Shasta -- Land of the Ghost Dance / Shasta -- A San Joaquin Valley tale / Mariposa -- Queen of Death Valley / Shoshone -- Story of creation / Dieguenos -- Fly at the council / Dieguenos -- Impiety of Frog / Dieguenos -- Fiesta Tu-chai-pai / Dieguenos -- Origin of Yosemite / Yosemite (Miwok) -- Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la / Yosemite (Miwok) -- How half dome was formed / Yosemite (Miwok) -- Bridal Veil Fall / Yosemite (Miwok) -- Leaping Frog Rocks / Yosemite (Miwok) -- Legend of the geysers / Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo) -- Before this land / Luiseno -- Tales of Lake Tahoe / Washo -- Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook / Hawaii -- Hula School / Hawaii -- Part three: From the Great Plains -- Origin of the Buffalo / Cheyenne -- How the buffalo hunt began / Cheyenne -- Eagle War feathers / Cheyenne -- Enough is enough / Cheyenne -- Falling-star / Northern Cheyenne -- Buffalo and Eagle Wing / Unknown -- Sun Dance / Hidatsa -- Corn Ceremony / Hidatsa -- An address to Mother Corn / Arikara -- Buffalo Dance / Mandan -- Sun Dance Mountain / Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Prairie Rose / Dakota-Sioux -- Hermit, or the Gift of Corn / Dakota-Sioux -- Legend of Standing Rock / Dakota-Sioux -- Mysterious butte / Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe / Dakota-Sioux -- Legend of the Thunder God / Dakota-Sioux -- A Teton ghost story / Dakota-Sioux -- How Medicine Man resurrected Buffalo / Arapaho -- Buffalo Rock / Blackfeet -- Origin of the Sweat Lodge / Piegan -- Wise Man of Chief Mountain / Blackfeet -- Puma and the Bear / Ute -- Porcupine hunts Buffalo / Ute -- Coyote vs. Duck / Ute -- Two Fawns and a Rabbit / Ute -- Two Grandsons / Ute -- Origin of Summer and Winter / Acoma -- Part four: From the Central Region -- Arch Rock on Mackinac Island / Ottawa -- Great Serpent and the Great Flood / Chippewa-Ojibwa -- Foresaken Brother / Chippewa -- Father of Indian Corn / Chippewa-Ojibwa -- Legend of the White Plume / Iowa -- Boy stolen by Thunderbird / Winnebago -- Holy Song (Medicine Song) / Winnebago -- Some adventures of "The little hare" / Winnebago -- Making the sacred bundle / Pawnee -- Legend of the Piasa / Illini -- Two brothers who became stars / Wichita -- Part five: From the Southeast -- Origin of Earth / Tuskegee -- In the beginning / Yuchi -- First fire / Cherokee -- Origin of Game and of Corn / Cherokee -- Ball game of the Birds and the Animals / Cherokee -- Origin of Medicine / Cherokee -- Hero with the Horned Snakes / Cherokee -- Green Corn Festival / Shawnee -- Walnut-Cracker / Creek -- How Rabbit fooled Alligator / Creek -- Celestial Canoe / Alabama -- Milky Way / Seminole -- Men visit the sky / Seminole -- Adoption of the human race / Natchez -- Part six: From the Northeast -- First People and the first corn / Penobscot-Passamaquoddy -- Origin of the Thunderbird / Passamaquoddy -- Flying canoe / Passamaquoddy -- Loyal sweetheart / Passamaquoddy -- Origin of the Medicine Man / Passamaquoddy -- Giant and the Four Wind Brothers / Penobscot -- Origin of Indian Summer / Penobscot -- Water famine / Penobscot -- Legend of the Bear family / Penobscot -- Strange origin of corn / Abnaki -- Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights / Wabanaki -- Indians at Niagara Falls / Seneca -- Sacrifice at Niagara Falls / Seneca -- Three brothers who followed the sun / Seneca -- Seek your father / Seneca -- A Mashpee ghost story / Wampanoag -- Rabbit and Otter, the bungling host / Micmac -- Origin of the Iroquois Nations / Iroquois -- De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha / Iroquois.

As It Was -- From the Northwest -- The Creation of the First Indians: Chelan -- Coyote and Multnomah Falls: Wasco -- When the Animals and Birds Were Created: Makah -- Raven's Great Adventure: Alaska -- Yellowstone Valley and the Great Flood: Yellowstone -- Coyote and the Monsters of the Bitterroot Valley: Flathead or Salish -- Creation of the Red and White Races: Flathead or Salish -- The Warm Wind Brothers vs. The Cold Wind Brothers: Moses Band of Columbia River Indians -- Coyote's Adventures in Idaho: Flathead -- The Origin of Camas Roots: Okanagon -- Coyote's Salmon: Sanpoil -- Woodpecker and the Theft of Fire: Sanpoil -- Pah-To, The White Eagle: Wasco -- The Bridge of the Gods: Wasco -- Raven and His Grandmother: Aleuts -- The White-Faced Bear: Aleuts -- The Two Inquisitive Men: Aleuts -- The Girl Who Searched for Her Lover: Aleuts -- The Girl Who Married the Moon: Aleuts -- From the Southwest -- The Flood on Superstition Mountain: Pima -- How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World: Hopi -- How the Great Chiefs Made the Moon and the Sun: Hopi -- First Journey through Grand Canyon: Hopi -- Origin of the Clans: Hopi -- The Wind God: Hopi -- At the Rainbow's End: Navaho -- Legend of the Night Chant: Navaho -- Spider Rock: Navaho -- Song of the Horses: Navaho -- The Story of the Two Brother-Cousins: Navaho -- Creation: Apache -- Origin of Fire: Jicarilla-Apache -- Origin of the Animals: Jicarilla-Apache -- An Apache Medicine Dance: Jicarilla-Apache -- Legend of the Big Bird: Chipewyan -- The Legend of the White Bear: Chipewyan -- The Hummingbird: Zuni -- The Four Flutes: Zuni -- The Yellow Hand: Papago -- Why the North Star Stands Still: Paiute -- A California Creation Myth: Yokut -- Why Mount Shasta Erupted: Shasta -- Land of the Ghost Dance: Shasta -- A San Joaquin Valley Tale: Mariposa -- The Queen of Death Valley: Shoshone -- The Story of Creation: Dieguenos -- The Fly at the Council: Dieguenos -- The Impiety of Frog: Dieguenos -- Fiesta Tu-chai-pai: Dieguenos -- The Origin Of Yosemite: Yosemite (Miwok) -- The Origin of Tu-tok-a-nu-la: Yosemite (Miwok) -- How Half Dome Was Formed: Yosemite (Miwok) -- Bridal Veil Fall: Yosemite (Miwok) -- Leaping Frog Rocks: Yosemite (Miwok) -- The Legend of the Geysers: Ashochimi (Pomo-Wappo) -- Before This Land: Luiseno -- Tales of Lake Tahoe: Washo -- The Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook: Hawaii -- The Hula School: Hawaii -- From the Great Plains -- Origin of the Buffalo: Cheyenne -- How the Buffalo Hunt Began: Cheyenne -- Eagle War Feathers: Cheyenne -- Enough Is Enough: Cheyenne -- Falling-Star: Northern Cheyenne -- Buffalo and Eagle Wing: Unknown -- The Sun Dance: Hidatsa -- The Corn Ceremony: Hidatsa -- An Address to Mother Corn: Arikara -- The Buffalo Dance: Mandan -- Sun Dance Mountain: Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Prairie Rose: Dakota-Sioux -- The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn: Dakota-Sioux -- The Legend of Standing Rock: Dakota-Sioux -- The Mysterious Butte: Dakota-Sioux -- Origin of the Sioux Peace Pipe: Dakota-Sioux -- Legend of the Thunder God: Dakota-Sioux -- A Teton Ghost Story: Dakota-Sioux -- How Medicine Man Resurrected Buffalo: Arapaho -- The Buffalo Rock: Blackfeet -- The Wise Man of Chief Mountain: Blackfeet -- Origin of the Sweat Lodge: Piegan -- Puma and the Bear: Ute -- Porcupine Hunts Buffalo: Ute -- Coyote vs. Duck: Ute -- Two Fawns and a Rabbit: Ute -- Two Grandsons: Ute -- The Origin of Summer and Winter: Acoma -- From the Central Region -- Arch Rock on Mackinac Island: Ottawa -- The Great Serpent and the Great Flood: Chippewa-Ojibwa -- The Forsaken Brother: Chippewa -- Father of Indian Corn: Chippewa-Ojibwa -- Legend of the White Plume: Iowa -- Boy Stolen by Thunderbird: Winnebago -- Holy Song (Medicine Song): Winnebago -- Some Adventures of "The Little Hare": Winnebago -- Making the Sacred Bundle: Pawnee -- Legend of the Piasa: Illini -- Two Brothers Who Became Stars: Wichita -- From the Southeast -- The Origin of Earth: Tuskegee -- In the Beginning: Yuchi -- The First Fire: Cherokee -- The Origin of Game and of Corn: Cherokee -- The Ball Game of the Birds and the Animals: Cherokee -- The Origin of Medicine: Cherokee -- The Hero with the Horned Snakes: Cherokee -- The Green Corn Festival: Shawnee -- The Walnut-Cracker: Creek -- How Rabbit Fooled Alligator: Creek -- The Celestial Canoe: Alabama -- The Milky Way: Seminole -- Men Visit the Sky: Seminole -- Adoption of the Human Race: Natchez -- From the Northeast -- The First People and the First Corn: Penobscot-Passamaquoddy -- The Origin of the Thunderbird: Passamaquoddy -- The Flying Canoe: Passamaquoddy -- The Loyal Sweetheart: Passamaquoddy -- Origin of the Medicine Man: Passamaquoddy -- The Giant and the Four Wind Brothers: Penobscot -- The Origin of Indian Summer: Penobscot -- The Water Famine: Penobscot -- The Legend of the Bear Family: Penobscot -- The Strange Origin of Corn: Abnaki -- Wa-ba-ba-nal, the Northern Lights: Wabanaki -- Indians at Niagara Falls: Seneca -- The Sacrifice at Niagara Falls: Seneca -- Three Brothers Who Followed the Sun: Seneca -- Seek Your Father: Seneca -- A Mashpee Ghost Story: Wampanoag -- Rabbit and Otter, The Bungling Host: Micmac -- The Origin of the Iroquois Nations: Iroquois -- De-ka-nah-wi-da and Hiawatha: Iroquois.