Synopsis "Totem Animals of the Native American Indians"
Totem Animals Of The Native American Indians, has been written to explain the importance of the objects carved on totem poles and other articles connected with totemism and the secret societies of the Northwestern Indian tribes. The legends contained in this book tell how animals have been used as spiritual symbols and the messages that have been conveyed throughout history. TIn this book you will be presented with a wide assortment of stories that will show the creation of totem poles, the animals that inspire the symbolism that totems represent and a journey through the rich history of the Native American People. Included are the stories: The First Totem Pole, The Transition of Totemism, The Alligator and the Hunter, The End of the First World, Mistakes of Old Man, The Race of the Antelope and Deer, The Badger and the Bear, The Ball Game between the Birds and the Animals, They That Chase After the Bear, Beaver and Muskrat, Honeyed Words Can't Sweeten Evil, Ghost Stallion, Hummingbird Brings Back Tobacco, Why Porcupine Has Quills (Anishnaabe), Coyote Kills the Prairie Dogs, Why the Salmon Come to the Squamish Waters, The Seagulls and the Whiskey Jacks, and many more.
