ByGlynn Manyirons
Ojibway Nation Story Many years ago, before the settlers and the black robes came to our land, people had plenty of meat, fish, roots and berries to eat. If the animals and other things just about ran out, people moved to another place. But after those other people arrived our people were made to settle…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Haida Nation Story One day a father of a girl returned from fishing on the ocean, he gave the fish to his wife, who cut up and cleaned the fish. The girl took the fat and the liver of the halibut and gave it to the Raven. Every time the father came back from fishing…
ByGlynn Manyirons
The Cherokee’s homeland was in the Appalachian Mountains. Their Elders tell this Legend to explain why there are so many Mountain Ridges and Valleys in the land of the Cherokee. They were forced to divide into four bands. The four bands spoke the Iroquoian Language, but over the ages it changed so much that they…
ByGlynn Manyirons
Just because you look like an Indian, it does not mean that you are an Indian. In my younger days I used to travel the Pow Wow circuit all around Turtle Island (North America), as a professional Native dancer. One night when I was dancing down South an old Warrior came up to me and…