THE Sioux people have many stories which are
told by the older ones in the tribe to the younger.
Many main events and historical happenings of
the tribe are told as stories and in this way the
history of the people is recorded. These stories
were not told, however, with the idea of forcing
the children to learn, but for pleasure, and they
were enjoyed by young and old alike. Some of
these stories I have heard repeated many times.
Others I have heard only once, but these I re-
member just as well. Perhaps it is because an
Indian child is trained to use his ears carefully
that his memory is so reliable.

These stories were not always told by the
camp-fire during the long winter evenings, but
at any time and at any place whenever and where-
ever the teller and the audience were in the mood.
Sometimes it was Grandmother who sat on the
ground, perhaps with a small stick or drawing-
pencil in her hand, drawing designs on the earth

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