Native American Giant Birds of Myth and Legend

Legendary American Indian Giant Birds from Various Tribes

Animikii (Anishinabe Indian giant bird)

Badogiak (Abenaki Indian giant bird)

Big Owl (Apache Indian giant bird)

Chequa (Potawatomi Indian giant bird)

Dahu (Hidatsa giant bird)

Huhuk (Pawnee giant bird)

Klu (Maliseet Indian giant bird)

Pinesi (Chippewa Indian giant bird)

Pomola (Penobscot Indian giant bird)

The Thunder Bird (Plains Indian giant bird)

Tlanuwa (Cherokee giant bird)

Wuchowsen (Wabanaki Indian giant bird)

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.

Wakinyan Tanka, the Great Thunderbird:
Lakota Sioux legends about thunderbirds.

The Snow-Bird and the Day-Eagle:
Abenaki legend about two giant birds that cause winter weather and daylight.

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.