* Chronicles the myth and relationships of the artists of the "Northwest School"

This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above. Each group of stories is prefaced by a brief factual account of Indian beliefs and of storytelling customs. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest is a treasure, still in print after fifty years.

Successor to Daughters of Copper Woman.

50th anniversary edition of a perennial best seller. Tales from the oral tradition of the Indians in the Pacific Northwest.

These never before published native legends from the Pacific Northwest were collected by Judge Arthur Griffin and have been passed down through the generations in the Griffin Family since 1884.

Long ago, when the land and seas lay shrouded in mystery, humans and spirits inhabited the same space. The stories of the Pacific Coast tribes spoke of gods and demons, good and evil; things unimaginable suddenly brought to life. These were not mere stories told around the fires at night for entertainment but legends that have been left behind as a marker of a once vibrant and prosperous culture.