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Choctaw Legends and Stories 1<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Corn…a Choctaw Legend<\/strong>
\nFrom: “Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians” by John R. Swanton
\nThe origin of corn is connected with a myth called by Cushman the story of 0hoyo 0sh Chisba (or 0hoyo osh chisba), “The Unknown Woman.” With Cushman’s usual emotional setting this runs as follows:<\/p>\n

2. The everfaithful Lily Wanda<\/strong>
\nFrom: Choctaw Children’s Legends by Norvella Goodman Martin<\/p>\n

3. Choctaw Legends<\/strong><\/span> by Rita Laws
\nWhen Parents Ask Children To Be Noisy<\/strong>
\nThe Gift of Tanchi (Corn)<\/strong>
\nWhere Do Ants Come From?<\/strong>
\nTHE MAGIC RED POLE<\/strong>
\nA FRIENDLY HELLO<\/strong>
\nSTORMS AND NIGHTMARES<\/strong>
\nFIRE IS A SPY!<\/strong>
\nA CALENDAR OF STICKS<\/strong>
\nTWO SHADOWS FOR ONE PERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Choctaw legends re-told -Why The Flowers Grow<\/strong> by Mrs. Josephine Latimer<\/p>\n

5. Have you heard these Choctaw legends?<\/strong><\/span>
\nWhy Rabbit Is So Lean<\/strong>
\nWhy The Owls Stare<\/strong>
\nWhy the Possum’s tail has no hair now<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choctaw Legends and Stories 2<\/a>
\n1. The Little People<\/strong>
\n2. Eclipse of the sun blamed on black squirrel<\/strong>
\nFrom: “Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians” by John R. Swanton
\n3. Why the rabbit has a short tail<\/strong>
\nChoctaw story version and translation by Charley Jones
\n4. Supernatural beings in our past<\/strong>
\n5. Legend of two brothers<\/strong>
\nFrom: H.B. Cushman, “The History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez Indians”
\n6. Nature’s Signals<\/strong>
\n7. Legends of the Choctaw Nation remembered<\/strong>
\nInformation from: “Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians” by John R. Swanton
\n8. Choctaw Legend<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stories 1<\/a>
\nTHE MAGIC BOW<\/strong> by Dana Baker<\/p>\n

Stories 2<\/a>
\n1. The Tale of the Wind Horse<\/strong> by Tipi Pinti
\n2. The Redbird<\/strong> by Tipi Pinti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Choctaw Legends and Stories 1 1. Corn…a Choctaw Legend From: “Source Material for the Social and Ceremonial Life of the Choctaw Indians” by John R. Swanton The origin of corn is connected with a myth called by Cushman the story of 0hoyo 0sh Chisba (or 0hoyo osh chisba), “The Unknown Woman.” With Cushman’s usual emotional … Continue reading Choctaw Legends & Stories<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike-boucher.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}