In native belief of both Alaska and Siberia, the present world owes much of its form and features to an immortal being called Raven, who combined attributes of spirit, human, bird, genius, and fool. Alaskan Tlingit and Tsimshian dieties »»

Ukatangi talked and talked. He talked so much, he could only hear himself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the wolf. The raven came and said, “The wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you will hear him. The wind, too. And when you hear the wind, you will fly.” How Utangi became the eagle »»

Learm more about the offspring and companions of the Oglala Sioux major dieties. Oglala four superior gods »»

Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they’re mostly empty. The kings failed to show up, and not just in the Yukon. King salmon not returning to Alaska in record numbers »»

The Oglala mythology places their God figures in four ranks, with four dieties in eah rank, having prestige and precedence according to rank and place in rank. Dieties of the Oglala Sioux »»

It is said, in the old days Bear Warriors, through a special relationship with bear spirits, literally adopted a bear’s strength in the rage of battle, actually transforming into bears while they fought. Bear Warriors »»

For thousands of years indigenous people have held council fires. The Sacred Fires are kept so that our children and grandchildren may understand the collective wisdom that is preserved from generation to generation around these council fires. The Sacred Council Fire »»

I am very glad to have this time to send a message to you. We are celebrating a time in our history which is both filled with joy and sadness.

I am very glad that our brothers have given us this opportunity to share these feelings with you because we know many of you are having the same troubles. Hopi Prophecy of the 4th world »»

Choctaws are an ancient people, but by their own account, they were the last of earth’s inhabitants to appear in this world. Choctaw creation story »»

The Navajo creation story involves three underworlds where important events happened to shape the Fourth World where we now live.

According to the Diné, the Navajo people emerged from three previous underworlds into this, the fourth, or “Glittering World”, through a magic reed. The first people from the other three worlds were not like the people of today. Navajo Creation Story »»