Arikara Traditional Narratives

LILLIAN BRAVE

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

Ancient Times
1. Story Arikara Bounding Head
2. Story Arikara Long Teeth and Drinks Brains Soup
3. Story Arikara The Poor Boy Who Won the Wealthy Man's Daughter
4. Story Arikara Bloody Hands and Old Woman Spider
5. Story Arikara When Bloody Hands Went on the Warpath (Version 1)
6. Story Arikara When Bloody Hands Went on the Warpath (Version 2)
7. Story Arikara When Bloody Hands Became an Eagle

Power Bestowed
1. Story Arikara The Man Married to Buffalo Woman and Corn Woman
2. Story Arikara The Brother and Sister Given Elk Power
3. Story Arikara The Origin of the Arikara Crazy Dog Society
4. Story Arikara The Foolish Young Man Given the Sweat Lodge

Historical and Mysterious Events
1. Story Arikara Carries the Horn and the Sioux Raiders
2. Story Arikara The Hidatsa Who Ridiculed the Arikara Bear Doctors

TALES

Coyote
1. Story Arikara Coyote and the Young Fish Women
2. Story Arikara Coyote, the Artichokes, and the Rose Hips
3. Story Arikara Coyote and the Rotten Log
4. Story Arikara Coyote and the Kit Fox
5. Story Arikara Coyote and the Prairie Chickens

Stuwi
1. Story Arikara Stuwi and the Four Men
2. Story Arikara The Stuwis Fill the Creeks with Water

Others
1. Story Arikara Lumpy Toad and the Rain Storm
2. Story Arikara The Little Spring Peepers and the Lumpy Toad
3. Story Arikara The Fire Maker and Why Children Misbehave

ELLA P. WATERS

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

Ancient Times
1. Story Arikara The Star Husband and Old Woman's Grandson
2. Story Arikara The Girl Who Became a Bear
3. Story Arikara When the Bears Attacked the Arikaras
4. Story Arikara The Foolish Ones Who Killed the Beloved Snake Child

Power Bestowed
1. Story Arikara Mice Mouth, the boy Pitied by the Mice
2. Story Arikara Tied Face, the Boy Given Power by the Thunderbirds
3. Story Arikara The Wild Buffalo
4. Story Arikara Bear's Teeth, the Man Given Horse Medicine
5. Story Arikara The Young Man Given Power by the Rabbit
6. Story Arikara The Young Man and the Scalped Man
7. Story Arikara The Scalped Man and His Brother

Mysterious Events
1. Story Arikara The Young Man Who Turned into a Snake
2. Story Arikara The Pawnee Woman and the Spirit
3. Story Arikara The Boy and the Scalped Man
4. Story Arikara The Priest Who Saved the Arikara Village
5. Story Arikara The Young Woman Who Turned into Stone
6. Story Arikara The Woman With Red Leggings
7. Story Arikara Bear Robe's Search for Buffalo
8. Story Arikara The Grave of the Old Man with Bad Feelings
9. Story Arikara Yellow Bear's Good Fortune
10. Story Arikara My Father's Vision

Historical Events
1. Story Arikara The Killing of the Chief's Son

Ritualism
1. Story Arikara The Death Feast
2. Story Arikara Bestowing a Personal Name (Version 1)
3. Story Arikara Bestowing a Personal Name (Version 2)
4. Story Arikara Prayer to Grandfather Buffalo

DAN HOWLING WOLF

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

Ancient Times
1. Story Arikara The Star Husband and the Old Woman's Grandson

Power Bestowed
1. Story Arikara Mice Mouth, the Boy Given Power by the Mice
2. Story Arikara The Scalped Man Who Helped the Hunter

Historical Events
1. Story Arikara The Horse Raid with the Bear Hide
2. Story Arikara When Coyote Helped Steal Horses from the Sioux
3. Story Arikara The Sioux Captive Tortured by the Mosquitoes
4. Story Arikara The Disliked Young Man Who Went on the Warpath

Mysterious Events
1. Story Arikara The Wild Buffalo
2. Story Arikara The Woman Who Was Taken by a Bear
3. Story Arikara The Singing Coyote
4. Story Arikara The Woman Who Married a Mosquito
5. Story Arikara The Scalped Man and the Hunter's Wife
6. Story Arikara The Scalped Man by the River
7. Story Arikara The Man on Horseback and the Scalped Man
8. Story Arikara The Vision Quest of Green Grass and Bull Neck

TALES

Coyote
1. Story Arikara Coyote and Buffalo
2. Story Arikara Coyote and Beaver
3. Story Arikara Coyote and the Dancing Prairie Chickens
4. Story Arikara Coyote and Ghosts of the Dead Sioux
5. Story Arikara Buffalo, Porcupine, and Coyote
6. Story Arikara Coyote and His Reflection
  Story (with voice)

Others
1. Story Arikara Grasshopper, Ant, and Mosquito Go on the Warpath

DAN HOPKINS

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

1. Story Arikara The Young Man Who Became a Snake and the One Pitied by the Thunderbirds
2. Story Arikara The Wild Buffalo
3. Story Arikara Stays In The Lodge Dressed In finery and the Horse Raiding Party
4. Story Arikara The Singing Coyote
5. Story Arikara The Scalped Man Who Stole Things

TALES

1. Story Arikara Coyote and Spotted Calf
2. Story Arikara Coyote and Buffalo Race

MATTHEW WHITE BEAR

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

1. Story Arikara The Man Given Power by the Thunderbirds
2. Story Arikara The Girl Who Became a Bear

TALES

1. Story Arikara How Bear Man Became a Chief
2. Story Arikara Magpie, Snowbird, and Coyote

MARY GILLETTE

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

1. Story Arikara Eats Ashes, the Poor Boy Who Became a Chief
2. Story Arikara Has the Horn and the Sioux Raiders

Ritualism
1. Story Arikara A Prayer to Mother Moon and a Midwife's Song for a Newborn Infant
2. Story Arikara A Love Song

WILLIAM DEANE, JR.

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

1. Story Arikara The Man Married to Buffalo Woman

TALES

1. Story Arikara Coyote and Artichoke
2. Story Arikara Ant, Cricket, Mosquito and Spring Peeper Go on the Warpath

ELEANOR CHASE

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

1. Story Arikara The Young Women Who Became Stars
2. Story Arikara Soldier and the Wolves

TALES

1. Story Arikara Coyote and the Two Blind Men

ESTHER PERKINS

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

1. Story Arikara Bounding Head and the Four Young Women
2. Story Arikara Long Teeth and His Brother

JOE FOX

NARRATIVES OF THE PAST

1. Story Arikara The Boy Who Had Coyote Power

Contact

Please send remarks or queries to

Logan Sutton, ldsutton@indiana.edu. Research.