Old Indian Legends

First edition
(publ. Ginn & Co. Athenaeum Press)

Old Indian Legends is a collection of Sioux stories retold by the Yankton Dakota writer Zitkala-Sa and published in 1901. Concerned about the effect of assimilation on the tribe's children, she wanted to preserve the traditional stories of her people.[1] According to the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center, there are 14 legends which comprise this book.[2]

The first five legends have an unlucky trickster character, a spider fairy named Iktomi.

  1. ^ Sage, Lorna (1999). The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English. Cambridge University Press. p. 687. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Zitkala-Sa. Old Indian Legends". Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)