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This is our collection of links to Lushootseed folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American stories 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 Lushootseed-speaking Puget Sound Salish tribes (such as the Skagit, Tulalip, and Snoqualmie tribes,) the traditional stories of other Coast Salish peoples like the Squamish and Saanich tribes are very similar.
Dukwibal
(also known as Dokibatt, Qone, and other names):
A Transformer figure of Lushootseed mythology, who brought balance
to the world by using his powers to change people, animals, and the landscape into the forms they have
today. His name literally means Changer.
Basket Ogress
(also known as Wild Woman or Giant Woman):
A giant cannibal monster who catches human children and carries them off in her enormous pack basket.
Legends of the Stillaguamish:Pushing Up the Sky:In The Beginning of the Nisqually World:Playing a Trick on the Moon:Cannibal Basket Woman Defeated By Clever Kids 
Cannibal Woman's Sister Eats Her Last Meal: Cannibal Woman Chases Coyote:Mink and Whale:Raven and Crow's Potlatch:Mythology of the Coast Salish:Salish Myths and Legends:Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest: 
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