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Native Languages of the Americas:
Assiniboine Indian Legends

This is our collection of links to Assiniboine folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American legends section by tribe to make them easier to locate; however, variants on the same legend are often told by American Indians from different tribes, especially if those tribes are kinfolk or neighbors to each other. In particular, though these legends come from the Assiniboines, the mythology of related tribes like the Stoney and Dakota Sioux tribes are very similar.

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Important Assiniboine Mythological Figures

Click on each character's name for more detailed information about his or her role in Assiniboine mythology.

Sitcon'ski: This is the Assiniboine trickster figure. Although he is portrayed as a man in Assiniboine folklore, he shares many similarities with the spider trickster Iktomi of the related Dakota and Lakota Sioux tribes, and many of the same stories are told in different Siouan tribes with only the identity of the protagonist differing. Indeed, Sitcon'ski is even referred to by the borrowed Sioux name "Inktomi" by some Assiniboine storytellers.

Assiniboine Indian Folklore

*Icmá the Bear:
    Folktale about the adventures of a young Assiniboine hero.
*The Crane and the Otter:
    Assiniboine legend telling how otters got their thick fur.
*The Story of Hungry Wolf:
    Assiniboin story about an unfaithful Gros Ventre wife.

Recommended Books on Assiniboine Myth

Assiniboine Memories: Legends of the Nakota People:
    Collection of Assiniboine legends and oral history from Fort Belknap.
How the Summer Season Came:
    Another good collection of Assiniboine tales.
Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies:
    Anthology of folklore from the Assiniboine and other Northern Plains tribes.
American Indian Trickster Tales:
    Compilation of more than a hundred stories about Sitconski and other Native American tricksters.
    (Use discretion sharing these with kids as some of the stories contain adult humor.)

Additional Resources

 Assiniboine religion and expressive traditions
 Books of Native American legends
 Native beliefs
 Montana Native American Indians
 Plains Indian tribes
 Siouan Indians
 Assiniboine culture
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