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This is our collection of links to Pomo folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Indian 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 Pomos, the traditional stories of related tribes like the Miwok and Wappo tribes are very similar.
Coyote:
The culture hero of the Pomo tribe. In some tales, Coyote
plays the mischievous trickster role common in California Indian folklore, but in others, he is a more
serious protagonist who creates human beings and teaches them the arts of civilization.
Pomo Bear Doctors:The Girl Who Married Rattlesnake:Folk Tales of the Kashaya:The Origin of Light:The Spirit Land:Mythology of the California Tribes:Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest:Coyote and the Grasshoppers:Surviving Through the Days: Translations of Native California Stories and Songs: 
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