Native Stories by E. Salvador Chapman

This week's episode is all about the cunning of the Pennacook Merruwacomet and how he outsmarted an Indigenous hunting party hot on his trail. While a story by Europeans rather than Indigenous, it is still a great story of the early 1000-point IQ of Native Americans. This story is taken from the book Tales of the Penacooks (misspelling in the title) by G. Waldo Browne edited by Edward Lodi. Learn...

This week's episode is a tragic tale of sickness that ravaged New Hampshire and an unexpected hero who saves an Indigenous maiden, the last of her tribe. This story is tole through a Non-Native lens, but it's still a great story of love, sacrifice and the will to survive. This story is taken from the book Tales of the Penacooks (misspelling in the title) by G. Waldo Browne edited by Edward Lodi. L...

This week's episode shows two different kinds of magic that people can possess ... for whatever reason. It also shows the power that Big Brothers have over their younger siblings. Sometimes for good, and sometimes ... well ... This story is taken from the book Legends of the Northern Paiute as told by Wilson Wewa compiled and edited by James A. Gardner. Unfortunately, this story has no Indigenous...

This week's episode tells the story of how Humans came to the world. It is another story about how Coyote badgers his way into getting what he wants and the unexpected outcomes that occur when things go his way. This story is taken from the book Legends of the Northern Paiute as told by Wilson Wewa compiled and edited by James A. Gardner. Learn Northern Paiute: paosa - pah.oh.sah - a water bottle...

This week's episode tells the powerful story of responsibility when a young maiden gets asked to take on an important task. How she handles herself, and the consequences of her actions are lessons to share with everyone. This story is taken from the book The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenapé People written by Hitakonanu'laxk, or Tree Beard. Learn Lenapé: Hitakonanu'laxk...

This week's episode tells the story of when all the animals left the hunting grounds of the Lenapé people and what was needed to have them return. Sometimes humbling oneself is the only way to create unity between differing parties. This story is taken from the book The Grandfathers Speak: Native American Folk Tales of the Lenapé People written by Hitakonanu'laxk, or Tree Beard. Learn Lenapé: Hita...

This week we dive into one of the first recorded Native American speeches Chief Powhatan's (Wahunsonacook) speech to John Smith of the Virginia colony. John Smith, unlike the Disney depiction from Pocahontas, was not friendly towards the Powhatan natives. He raided and threatened them continuously. Powhatan responded to his actions with this powerful speech. These words were first recorded in Samu...

Today is a different type of Native story. Instead of read a story that could be considered folk-lore, I am going to read from Passaconaway in the White Mountains by Charles Edward Beals. This is an account, one of the few accounts, of the Mighty Bashaba of New England, Passaconaway. His farewell speech is a wonderful oration few know about and fewer have ever heard.

There are many things that are important to Native Americans: Family, Community, Nature. And we have stories for all of them. One type of story that is important are those of the creation of territories. This episode, taken from Mourning Dove's book Coyote Stories , is about the creation of three important and sacred locations in the Pacific Northwest. If you have locations that are important to y...

This story you may recognize from another source. It sounds very similar. Throughout time similar stories have been found in various cultures. This story was taken from Coyote Stories written by Mourning Dove, or Humishuma. If you like the story, make sure to leave a comment on my Patreon site .

Emergence is a big theme in many Native American cultures. Of course, it would enter into the history of how beings came into this world. We also talk a little about provenance, how and where these stories come from. This story is taken from the book Voices of the Winds Native American Legends by Margot Edmonds and Ella E Clark.

Things are starting to heat up as we listen to the Origin of Fire, a Jicarilla-Apache story. This tells the story of wily Fox as he brings fire to the people by out running the Fireflies. This story is taken from the book Voices of the Winds Native American Legends by Margot Edmonds and Ella E Clark.

In our sixth episode we share a ghost story because it's Friday the 13th! Ooooh, scary! This story tells how a Young Sioux warrior was able to fight for his and his tribe's survival. And it has horses. Horses are always good to hear about. This story is taken from the book Dee Brown's Folktales of the Native American Retold for Our Times .

In our fifth episode we learn from the Apache and Commanche how Coyote, the trickster, released the Buffalo for all the people on the Earth. We also ask an important question about authority to tell a Native Story. This story is taken from the book Dee Brown's Folktales of the Native American Retold for Our Times .

For our fourth story we read "Corn Mother," A Penobscot creation story full of love and sacrifice. It tells of how First Man and First Mother created the people of the earth and what demands were met to keep us, the relations, alive and thriving. It can be found in American Indian Myths and Legends selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.

For our third story we read "Rabbit Boy," recorded by Richard Erdoes told to him from Jenny Leading Cloud from the White River Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota in 1967. It is a wonderful creation story that includes Iktome, the spider trickster. It can be found in American Indian Myths and Legends selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.

Our second story tells is another Glooskap story, continuing from our first episode. This is the creation story of man as told to Charles G. Leland and recorded in his book Algonquin Legends of New England . Plus, there is some Beaver anger here which has yet to be fully understood.

Welcome to the Podcast! Here we introduce what we'll be putting into the pod-verse and start with our first story. Of Glooskap's Birth and Of His Brother Malsumsis the Wolf is a story about how twin brothers enter the world, the machinations of man and consequences of one's actions. This story is taken from Charles G. Leland's Algonquin Legends of New England .