With an introduction by the editor and a map of Alaska Native Peoples. This "collection of twenty myths is an excellent introduction into the world of southeast Alaska Native cultures." (--Dr. Alexandr Vaschenko) John Smelcer has dedicated his professional life to recording the traditionally oral tales of Alaskan Native peoples; his latest book contains narrative myths and legends from the Eyak, Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian Peoples of Southeast Alaska. Thoroughly enchanting as literature and crucially important, along with THE RAVEN AND THE TOTEM and ALASKA NATIVE ORAL NARRATIVE LITERATURE by the same editor, as a reference resource, A CYCLE OF MYTHS "keenly captures the mystical world of Alaska Native legend and lore--a world in which the supernatural is natural."
"No collection of Native American mythology is complete without this book. The most comprehensive collection in print." -- Alaska Magazine
Salmon Run Press

Henry Lorne Masta (Abenaki)
This is a reprint of Henry Lorne Masta's important work on the Abenaki language, first published in 1932. Abenaki is a member of the Algonquian family and is spoken in Quebec and neighbouring US states. There are few native speakers, but there is considerable interest in keeping the language alive.
Global Language Press (August 2008)

1909-1910: Unangam Ungiikangin Kayux Tunusangin.

Alaska Native Language Center

Zitkala -Sa (Sioux)
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) was one of the early Indian writers to record tribal legends and tales from oral tradition. Impressions of an Indian Childhood describes her first eight yeas on the Yankton Reservation, where she was born in 1876. Her schooling in Indiana revealed a gift for writing that led in 1901 to the publication of Old Indian Legends, also a Bison Book. For the rest of her rife, this Sioux was in the poignant but creative position of trying to bridge the gap between her own culture and the dominant white one, unable to return fully to the former or to enter fully into the latter.  These pieces, largely autobiographical, were first collected and published in 1921. With their reissue, Zitkala-Sa takes her rightful place among such native interpreters of Sioux culture as Charles A. Eastman and Luther Standing Bear.
Bison Books

Lou Cuevas (Apache)
Lou's vivid narratives capture the imagination and transport the reader into the world of the ancient American Southwest, where a magical ceremony can turn boys into birds that fly and youthful romance takes on new meaning. Not only are the tales enjoyable to read, but each has a moral truth to impart.
Naturegraph Publishers

Catherine Attla (Koyukon)

Sitsiy yugh noholnik ts'in' = As my grandfather told it : traditional stories from the Koyukuk is written in both English and Koyukon Athabaskan. Koyukon stories told in full traditional style, with facing English translations and numerous notes

Yukon-Koyukuk School District

Mary Chiltoskey (Cherokee)
Twenty-nine legends and stories of the Cherokee.  From "The Legend of the First Woman" to "How the Smokies were Made," Aunt Mary will entertain and educate with these 30 legends from the Cherokee people.
Cherokee Communication

Glenn Twist (Cherokee)
"I regarded this new birth as not just the end of our suffering but also as the dawn of a new day -- the first day of our new life in the promised land." from "The Promised Land," in Boston Mountain Tales.
Greenfield Review Press

Basil Johnston (Ojibway)
Nine traditional tales about the Ojibway hero, Nanabush, recount his travels throughout the Great Lakes region defending his people from such enemies as the giant beaver, the giant skunk, and the giant sturgeon. Origins of place names such as Winnipeg, Milwaukee, and Chicago are integrated into the stories with brief descriptive phrases, in accordance with Ojibway practice of naming a place for its physical features. In addition to providing engaging stories about Nanabush's adventures, this collection also conveys a sense of the long, rich history of places familiar to contemporary North American children. A pronunciation key for Ojibway words is included.
Whetung Ojibwa Crafts