http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvp6PMMGbrY
Long ago, when the Potawatomi still lived on the ocean in the east and close to their grandfathers, the Delaware, a old man had a dream that something extraordinary would grow in his garden which was in a clearing he had made nearby. In his dream, he was warned never to let any women approach...
In the days of the old men, far to the North there lived a nation with many villages. Their warriors lived a nation with many villages. Their warriors were as many as the Buffalo herds on the plains toward the Darkening Land. Their tepees were many on the shores of a beautiful lake and along...
Long ago there was a wise and peace-loving elder who travelled from tribe to tribe
encouraging cooperation and friendship between all nations. He was a spokesman for
the cause of good will and his mission was to promote unity among all beings.
At a very great age the elder called a council...
Here is a link to an audio version of
Gluscabe Steals Tobacco
It is an Anashnabe story
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In the beginning of the world, when people and animals were all the same,
there was only one tobacco plant, to which they all came for their tobacco
until the Dagûl'kû geese stole it and carried it far away to the south.
The people were suffering without it,
and there was one old woman who...
A long time ago the Indians roamed the West like the buffalo, one family scattered and returned by change.
There were no separate tribes.
One of the Indians was a woman of powerful beauty. She gave birth to twin sons,
but she did not know who their father was.
The beautiful woman sang her...
Hello one and all.
since I am a Storyteller of Native stories I thought I would start this and start posting some Native/American Indian/Skins/... stories of How Tobacco came to be and what it was used for.
Thanks and enjoy.
Ill post stories from time to time.