Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Suggestions for Further Reading xxxvii Chronology xli A Note on the Texts xlv

1 Old Indian Legends Preface 5 Iktomi and the Ducks 7 Iktomi’s Blanket 13 Iktomi and the Muskrat 16 Iktomi and the Coyote 19 Iktomi and the Fawn 22 The Badger and the Bear 27 The Tree-Bound 3 3 Shooting of the Red Eagle 39 Iktomi and the Turtle 42 Dance in a Buffalo Skull 45 The Toad and the Boy 47 lya, the Camp-Eater 51 Manstin, the Rabbit 56 The Warlike Seven 61

2 American Indian Stories Impressions of an Indian Childhood 68 The School Days of an Indian Girl 87 An Indian Teacher Among Indians 104 The Great Spirit 114 The Soft-Hearted Sioux 118 The Trial Path 117 A Warrior’s Daughter 131 A Dream of Her Grandfather 141 The Widespread Enigma Concerning Blue-Star Woman 143 America’s Indian Problem 155

3 Selections from American Indian Magazine The Indian’s Awakening (January-March1 1916) 164 A Year’s Experience in Community Service Work Among the Ute Tribe of Indians (October- December 1916) 168 The Red Man’s America (January-March 1917) 173 Chipeta, Widow of Chief Ouray with a Word About a Deal in Blankets (July-September 1917) 175 A Sioux Woman’s Love for Her Grandchild (October-December 1917) 179 Editorial Comment (July-September 1918) 181 Indian Gifts to Civilized Man (July-September 1918) 184 Secretary’s Report in Brief (July-September 1918) 187 Editorial Comment (Winter 1919) 191 America, Home of the Red Man (Winter 1919) 193 The Coronation of Chief Powhatan Retold 6 (Winter 1919) 196 Letter to the Chiefs and Headmen of the Tribes (Winter 1919) 199 Editorial Comment (Spring 1919) 201 Editorial Comment (Summer 1919) 207 An Indian Praying on the Hilltop (Spring 1919) 212 Address by the Secretary-Treasurer, Society of American Indians Annual Convention (Summer 1919) 213

4 Poetry, Pamphlets, Essays, and Speeches Side by Side (March 1896) 222 A Ballad (January 1897) 227 Iris of Life (November 1898) 2.34 A Protest Against the Abolition of the Indian Dance (August 1902) 2.35 The Menace of Peyote (ca. 1916) 239 Americanize the First American (1921) 242 Bureaucracy Versus Democracy (1921) 245 A Dakota Ode to Washington (1922) 247 California Indian Trails and Prayer Trees (1922) 250 Lost Treaties of the California Indians (1922) 2.54 The California Indians of Today (1922.) 258 Heart to Heart Talk (1922) 261 Explanatory Notes 265