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Traditions of the Arikara

by George A. Dorsey

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 21 — The Wolf and Lucky-Man Create Land
  3. 32 — The Spiders Give Birth to People
  4. 43 — The Origin of the Arikara
  5. 54 — The Origin of the Arikara
  6. 65 — The Origin of the Arikara
  7. 76 — The Origin of the Arikara
  8. 87 — The Origin of the Arikara
  9. 98 — The Origin of the Awaho-Bundle People
  10. 109 — Mother-Corn’s Visit to the Arikara
  11. 1110 — Mother-Corn’s Visit to the Arikara
  12. 1211 — How the People Escaped the Buffalo
  13. 1312 — Why the Buffalo No Longer Eat People
  14. 1413 — Why the Buffalo No Longer Eat People
  15. 1514 — The Girl Who Married a Star
  16. 1615 — The Girl Who Married a Star
  17. 1716 — No-Tongue and the Sun and the Moon
  18. 1817 — How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief
  19. 1918 — How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief
  20. 2019 — How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief
  21. 2120 — The Two Boys and the Water-Serpent
  22. 2221 — The Boy Who Befriended the Thunderbirds, and the Serpent
  23. 2322 — The Boy Who Turned Into a Snake
  24. 2423 — The Boy Who Received the Mouse Power
  25. 2524 — The Boy and the Young Hawks
  26. 2625 — The End of the Elk Power
  27. 2726 — The Elk Rescues a Woman From the Bear
  28. 2827 — The Boy and the Elk
  29. 2928 — The Coyote, the Girl, and the Magic Windpipe
  30. 3029 — The Buffalo-Wife and the Javelin Game
  31. 3130 — The Origin of the Wolf Dance
  32. 3231 — The Medicine Dance of the Beaver, Turtle, and Witch-Woman
  33. 3332 — The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power
  34. 3433 — The Rabbit-Boy
  35. 3534 — The Man and the Water-Dogs
  36. 3635 — The Five Turtles and the Buffalo Dance
  37. 3736 — The Notched Stick and the Old Woman of the Island
  38. 3837 — The Man Who Married a Coyote
  39. 3938 — The Man Who Turned Into a Stone
  40. 4039 — The Woman Who Turned Into a Stone
  41. 4140 — The Power of the Bloody Scalped-Man
  42. 4241 — The Boy Who Carried a Scalped-Man Into Camp
  43. 4342 — The Girl Who Was Blest by the Buffalo and Corn
  44. 4443 — The Fight Between the Arikara and the Snakes
  45. 4544 — The Fight Between the Arikara and the Bears
  46. 4645 — The Wife Who Married an Elk
  47. 4746 — The Four Girls and the Mountain-Lion
  48. 4847 — The Deeds of Young-Eagle
  49. 4948 — The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind
  50. 5049 — The Coyote and the Mice Sun Dance
  51. 5150 — The Coyote Becomes a Buffalo
  52. 5251 — The Coyote and the Artichoke
  53. 5352 — The Coyote Rides the Bear
  54. 5453 — The Coyote Rides the Buffalo
  55. 5554 — The Coyote and the Buffalo Run a Race
  56. 5655 — The Coyote and the Dancing Corn
  57. 5756 — The Coyote and the Turtle Run a Race
  58. 5857 — The Coyote and the Stone Run a Race
  59. 5958 — The Coyote and the Rolling Stone
  60. 6059 — The Coyote and the Rolling Stone
  61. 6160 — How the Scalped-Man Lost His Wife
  62. 6261 — The Generous Scalped-Man and His Betrayer
  63. 6362 — The Scalped-Man
  64. 6463 — The Dead Man’s Country
  65. 6564 — The Coyote Who Spoke to the Eagle Hunters
  66. 6665 — The Girl and the Elk
  67. 6766 — How the Rabbit Saved a Warrior
  68. 6867 — The Woman Whose Breasts Were Cut Off
  69. 6968 — The Water-Dogs
  70. 7069 — Two-Wolves, the Prophet
  71. 7170 — How the Medicine-Robe Saved the Arikara
  72. 7271 — The Medicine Bear Shield
  73. 7372 — The Crucified Enemy
  74. 7473 — How a Sioux Woman’s Scalp Was Sacrificed
  75. 7574 — The Warrior Who Fought the Sioux
  76. 7675 — The Capture of the Enemy’s Bows
  77. 7776 — The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors
  78. 7877 — The Attack Upon the Eagle Hunters
  79. 7978 — The Attack Upon the Eagle Hunters
  80. 8079 — The Mourning Lover
  81. 8180 — Contest Between the Bear and the Bull Societies
  82. 8281 — How White-Bear Came to Belong to the Bear Society
  83. 8382 — The Tale of a Member of the Bear Society
  84. 84Abstracts

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