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Native Languages of the Americas:
Quileute Indian Legends

This is our collection of links to Quileute 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 Quileutes, the traditional stories of neighboring tribes like the Makah and Skagit tribes are very similar.

Enjoy the stories! If you would like to recommend a Quileute legend for this page or think one of the ones on here should be removed, please contact us and let us know.

Quileute and Hoh Indian Folklore

*Quillayute Legends:
    Two Quileute legends about the Thunderbird.
*Thunderbird Myths:
    Hoh, Quileute, and Tillamook Thunderbird legends.
*Weather Myths of Cascadia:
    Stories from the Quileute, Hoh, Makah, and Klallam tribes.

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 Books of Native American myths
 Native American religions
 Quileute religion and expressive culture



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