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Native American Legends and Stories About Grandmothers

Here is our collection of Native American legends and traditional stories about grandmothers.

Native American Grandmother Spirits

Grandmother Fox (Anishinabe/Cree)

Grandmother Woodchuck (Wabanaki)

Granny Squannit (Wampanoag)

Mouse Woman (Haida)

Nokomis (Anishinabe)

Nukumi (Mi'kmaq)

Our Grandmother (Shawnee)

Spider Grandmother (Hopi)

Grandmother Woodchuck

Gluscabi and the Wind Eagle

How Glooskap Stole Tobacco:
Wabanaki Indian stories about the culture hero Glooskap and his wise grandmother Woodchuck.

The Story of Manabush

Nanabozho and Nokomis:
Menominee and Anishinabe stories about the culture hero Nanabozho's grandmother rescuing and raising him.

Nukumi and Fire:
Mi'kmaq Indian legend about how an ancient rock became the first grandmother.

Mashkussuts:
Innu legend about two resourceful grandmothers who save their grandchildren from a cannibal monster.

Mudjikiwis:
Epic legend about a young man whose wise grandmothers help him to find his missing wife.

Mouse Woman and the Mischief Makers

Mouse Woman and the Muddleheads

Mouse Woman and the Vanished Princesses :
Lively retellings of three Haida Indian legends about the spirit grandmother Mouse Woman.