Books published by publisher Council for Indian Education

As told by elders of the Puget Sound Indians. Translated by Chief Martin Sampson (Swinomish Tribe) and recorded by Emerson H. Matson. Accurately recorded Folk Stories, Fables, and Legends used to teach their children of their values and way of life.While some of the folk tales, such as the stories of the Star Children and of witchcraft have been compared to non-Indian fairy tales, the legends of Mink and Weasel and of Raven and Crow are fables for the teaching of moral values. But all of them are unmistakenly Indian, and the smoke of the plankhouse fire, and the magic of the Native American people permeate them.

The Great Flood: Nearly every cultural group in the world has a legend of the Great Flood. As Hap Gilliland travels the world, he likes to ask his new friends, "Do you know the story of the Great Flood?" There is nearly always an enthusiastic "Yes, of course," and the telling of another story. Although the stories vary greatly, there are two similarities in most of them, the reason for the flood and its effect on people's lives. For this book he has chosen those stories he considers most varied and most interesting, and ends with those for which there is proof of their actually having happened.