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Native American Giant Birds of Myth and Legend

Legendary Giant Birds from Various Tribes

Animikii (Anishinabe)
*Badogiak (Wabanaki)
*Chequa (Potawatomi)
Culloo (Wabanaki)
*Pinesi (Anishinabe)
Pomola (Wabanaki)
The Thunderbird (Plains and Western tribes)
Wuchowsen (Wabanaki)

Native American Giant Bird Stories

Gluscabi and the Wind Eagle * Why We Need Wind * The Great Wind-Bird:
    Wabanaki Indian stories about Wuchowsen, the giant bird of the wind.
*Pomola:
    Penobscot Indian legends about humans who married the giant storm birds of Mt. Katahdin.

Recommended Books about Giant Birds in Native American Mythology

Brave Wolf and the Thunderbird:
    Wonderful children's book illustrating a traditional Crow Indian story about a man who helps a giant bird.
How Thunder and Lightning Came to Be:
    Picture book based on a Choctaw Indian legend about the giant birds that make thunder and lightning.



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