Turtle Island: Tales of the Algonquian Nations

The author of Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians provides a collection of stories that capture the triumphs of the heroes and the magic of the people of the Algonquian tribes.

Twenty-seven tales from tribes across ancient homelands of NE NA coast, such as Blackfoot, Ojibway, Cree, Micmac. Shape changers of magic and mystery, heroes, tricksters. Great Manito gives way to a babe. How was the world made? How did Rainbow Crow turn black? beavers get broad tails? Animals and humans share the land as friends and opponents.