Canadian, Aboriginal

Bird, Catherine. Illustrator/ Roman Muntener. 1994. The Boy Who Snared the Sun: a Carrier (Dakelh) Legend. Vanderhoof, BC: Yinks Dene Language Institute.
ISBN: 1-895267-07-2
Age: Pre-school - 7
Language: English & Carrier
Subject: Children; Myths & Legends; Carrier

This is a traditional Carrier story about a boy who snared the sun.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Bird, Catherine. Illustrator/ Roman Muntener. 1994. The Robin and the Song Sparrow: a Carrier (Dakelh) Legend. Vanderhoof, BC: Yinks Dene Language Institute.
ISBN: 1-895267-0103
Age: Pre-school - 7
Language: English & Carrier
Subject: Children; Myths & Legends; Carrier

This is a traditional Carrier legend.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Bird, Glenda. Illustrator/ Larry Okanee. 1979. The Great Eagle Dancer. Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College. ISBN: 0-920571-37-9
Age: 6 - 11
Language: English; Cree syllabics
Subject: Children; Non-fiction; Cree

A dancer would be apprenticed at birth to an older Eagle Dancer who was the medicine man. The book describes a medicine man’s initiation.

Canadian, Aboriginal

Bird, Glenda. Illustrator/ Larry Okanee. 1979. Our Four Seasons. Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre. ISBN:
Age: 6 – 11
Language: Cree & English.
Subject: Children; Myths & Legends; Cree

This tells the story of how the four seasons came to be as a result of the selfishness in a tribe’s hearts