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This is our collection of links to Coeur d'Alene 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 Coeur d'Alenes, the traditional stories of other Salish tribes like the Flathead and Okanagan tribes are very similar.
Coyote.
Coyote is the trickster figure of Coeur D'Alene folklore.
Coyote is foolish and boastful, and so stories about him are often humorous in nature;
however, he is a well-meaning creature who usually acts for the good of humankind.
Dog Goes For Fire:An Analysis of Coeur d'Alene Indian Myths: Landscape Traveled by Coyote and Crane: Salish Myths and Legends:Indian Legends from the Northern Rockies:
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