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Native Languages of the Americas:
Saanich Indian Legends

This is our collection of links to Saanich folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our Native American mythology 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 Saanich-speaking Straits Salish tribes, the traditional stories of other Salish people like the Skagit and Squamish tribes are very similar.

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Saanich Indian Folklore

*Komo Kulshan and his Two Wives:
    Lumni legend about an unhappy family who turned into mountains.
*The Woman Who Married the Sea:
    A Samish legend, with photographs of a story pole carving.

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