Frank Bird Linderman 
Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge-Fire [EPUB ebook] 

Traditional tales related in proper way.
One of the only authors who spoke the language of the Crow [mostly sign language] and really cared about his sources. Plus he was a good friend of C.M. Russell that’s got to count for some thing, Just a lovely good hearted book, Kids will love it.
Contents
Why the chipmunk’s back is striped — How the ducks got their fine feathers — Why the kingfisher always wears a war-bonnet — Why the curlew’s bill is long and crooked — Old-man remakes the world — Why Blackfeet never kill mice — How the otter skin became great ‘medicine’ — Old-man steals the sun’s leggings — Old-man and his conscience — Old-man’s treachery — Why the night-hawk’s wings are beautiful — Why the mountain-lion is long and lean — The fire-leggings — The moon and the great snake — Why the deer has no gall — Why Indians whip the buffalo-berries from the bushes — Old-man and the fox — Why the birch-tree wears the slashes in its bark — Mistakes of Old-man — How the man found his mate — Dreams — Retrospection.