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Halkomelem/Cowichan Indian Legends

This is our collection of links to Halkomelem and Cowichan 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 Halkomelems, the traditional stories of other Salishan tribes like the Squamish and Snohomish tribes are very similar.

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Halkomelem/Cowichan Indian Folklore

*A Great Flood:
    Cowichan myth about the flooding of the earth.
*Who Was Given The Fire:
    Cowichan myth about the origin of fire.
*Origin Of The .Sxo'exo'e Mask:
    Sto:lo: legend about the sacred sxwo:yxwey mask.

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