Contents Foreword by Chief Phillip Martin 000 Preface to the Second Edition000 Preface to the First Edition 000 Introduction 000 THE STORYTELLERS 000 THE GENRES OF CHOCTAW STORYTELLING 000 Native Terms 000 Commentary and Context 000 Patterns of Performance 000 Synthesis: Supernatural Stories000 A Note on the Texts 000 CREATION STORIES AND MYTHS 000 The Choctaw Creation Legend 000 Nané Chaha 000 Men and Grasshoppers 000 Creation of the Tribes 000 Origin of the Crawfish Band 000 A Short Story of the Creation of the First Man000 The Creation of the Choctaw 000 The Migration Legend 000 Migration 000 Tradition of the Flood 000 The Flood 000 Lightning and Thunder 000 Thunder and Lightning 000 Fani Losa and the Sun 000 Dark Sun 000 The Origin of Corn 000 Corn-Finding Myth 000 Wild Geese and the Origin of Corn 000 The Geese, the Ducks, and Water 000 The Life of Dogs 000 How the Snakes Acquired Their Poison 000 The Owl000 Tashka and Walo 000 The Hunter of the Sun 000 Yallofalaiya 000 Nameless Choctaw 000 The Hunter and the Alligator 000 SUPERNATURAL LEGENDS AND ENCOUNTERS 000 The Girl and the Devil 000 The Eagle Story000 Skate?ne000 Hoklonote?she 000 A Story of Kashikanchak 000 Kashikanchak 000 The Spectre and the Hunter 000 The Hunter Who Became a Deer 000 The Man Who Became a Snake 000 Horse Man 000 Half Horse, Half Human 000 Kashehotapalo 000 Na Losa Falaya000 Manlike Creature 000 Okwa Nahollo?White People of the Water 000 Big Pond 000 The Water Choctaw 000 The Mermaid 000 Voices on the Mound 000 The Long-Haired Lady 000 Pa?? Falaya 000 Nishkin Chafa?One-Eye 000 Headless Man 000 The Inhuman Na Losa Chito 000 The Demon Na Losa Chito 000 A Big Hog 000 Big, Black, Hairy Monster 000 Black Dog 000 Choctaw Bigfoot 000 Na Losa Chito?s Lair 000 The Black Stump 000 The Choctaw Robin Goodfellow 000 The Little People in Nanih Waiya Cave 000 Doors in Nanih Waiya Cave 000 Watcher in the Woods 000 Throwing Rocks 000 Throwing Competition 000 No Playing after Dark 000 The Floating Light 000 Lights 000 Kowi Anukasha 000 Medicine Woman 000 The Little Man 000 Pile of Rocks 000 A Witch000 Choctaw Doctors 000 Shape Changer 000 The Baseball Game 000 Dancing Lights 000 Hashok Okwa Hui?ga?Dew Drop (Will-o?-the-Wisp) 000 The Blue Light 000 Disappearing Lights 000 Lingering Spirit000 The Ghost 000 Spirit of the Dead 000 Two Brothers 000 HISTORICAL TALES 000 The Coming of Christianity 000 Helping the New Immigrants 000 White Men Bring Alcohol 000 Fighting the Muskogees 000 Crossing the Line 000 Pushmataha 000 Death of Pushmataha 000 Pushmataha?s Suspicious Death 000 Removal000 Hiding to Avoid Removal 000 Second Removal and Return 000 Sneaking Back from Oklahoma000 Land Swindling000 Grandfather?s Land 000 Burning Sticks 000 Escaping Slavery 000 Sinking Ship 000 German Surrender 000 Army Volunteer 000 Patriots 000 Go Back to Europe 000 Poll Tax000 Segregation in the Fields and at the Movies 000 Injustice at the Laundromat 000 Discrimination 000 Murder of Civil Rights Workers 000 Mississippi Burning 000 Banned 000 Troubling Times Treated like a Dog 000 Framed for Murder 000 Whites-Only Water Fountain 000 Shortchanged Overcharged 000 Some Bad, Some Good000 No Trust and No Choctaw 000 Served in the Back in High School 000 Eat in the Back 000 A Simple Hello Believe It When You See It Segregation Then and Now 000 Housing Discrimination000 PROPHECY 000 Changing Landscape and Intermarriage 000 Invention of the Airplane 000 Planes, Roads, and Culture 000 Intermarriage, Roads, and Changing Seasons 000 Changing World 000 Electricity, Plumbing, and Social Dancing 000 Cars, Roads, and Changing Values 000 Gender Roles, Roads, and Housing 000 A Fearful Future 000 A Great Illness 000 Prophecies of Disease 000 Snatched from Above 000 The Third Removal 000 War 000 Land Getting Old 000 Extinction 000 Snake Returns 000 End of the World 000 Big Fire 000 JOKES AND TALL STORIES 000 The Car 000 Running Water 000 Whatyousay 000 Time to Kill Hogs 000 The Horse?s Egg 000 The Funeral 000 The White Cat 000 The Man and the Turkey 000 Talking Frogs 000 A Praying Bear 000 The Dog Who Spoke Choctaw 000 The Trip to Arkansas 000 Tall Stories 000 The Lucky Shot000 Help from Above 000 ANIMAL STORIES000 The Ball Game 000 Race between the Hummingbird and the Crane 000 The Hummingbird 000 The Dove Story000 How the Biskantak Got Water for the Birds 000 Why the Buzzard Has More Offspring than the Owl 000 Why the Guinea Hen Is Speckled 000 Boatmaker 000 The Hunters and the Bears 000 Rabbit and the Bears 000 How the Bear Lost His Tail 000 How the Rabbit Got a Short Tail 000 How the Bullfrog Lost His Horns 000 How the Alligator Got His Back 000 Rabbit and Turtle Race 000 Race between the Turkey and the Terrapin 000 Turtle and Turkey 000 Why Terrapins Never Get Fat 000 Turtle, Turkey, and the Ants 000 Why There Are Seams in the Terrapin?s Shell000 Why the Turtle?s Shell Is Sewed Up 000 How the Terrapin Lost the Ability to Climb Trees 000 Possum?s Tail 000 Possum and Coon 000 The Panther and the Opossum 000 How the Possum Tricked the Wolves 000 Possum and the Fox 000 Possum and the Woodpecker 000 Why the Rabbit?s Skin Is Loose 000 Bear and Rabbit000 How the Rabbit Fooled the Turkeys 000 Rabbit and Fox Farm Together000 Rabbit Rides Wolf 000 Rabbit Gains a Wife 000 How Rabbit Made the Animals Angry 000 Rabbit and the Garden 000 The Cat Tricks the Mouse 000 Mouse, Rooster, and Cat 000 STORIES IN CHOCTAW 000 The Choctaw Creation Legend 000 Lightning and Thunder 000 Corn-Finding Myth 000 A Story of Kashikanchak 000 Kashikanchak The Man Who Became a Snake The Big Pond 000 Pa?? Falaya 000 The Inhuman Na Losa Chito 000 The Black Stump 000 Cars, Roads, and Changing Values 000 The Funeral 000 The Dog Who Spoke Choctaw 000 Help from Above 000 The Dove Story000 How the Biskantak Got Water for the Birds 000 How the Possum Tricked the Wolves 000 The Cat Tricks the Mouse 000 Mouse, Rooster, and Cat 000 Annotations to the Stories 000 Notes 000 Sources Cited 000 Index 000.