Linderman retells the stories he heard by Montana lodge fires, framed as tales told by War Eagle to his grandchildren. They explain why the chipmunk’s back is striped, how the ducks got their fine feathers, why the kingfisher wears a war-bonnet and the curlew’s bill is crooked, and how Old-Man remade the world after a flood.
A warm collection of Plains Indian folklore by a writer who knew its tellers, lovely for reading aloud. Download the free EPUB.