by Clive L. Gilson (Editor)

Across the forests, plains, mountains, deserts, rivers, lakes, and coasts of North America, stories have travelled from fire circle to lodge, from camp to village, from winter house to open trail, carried by memory, voice, and the long keeping of tradition. In these pages you will find tricksters and hunters, grandparents and wanderers, animal beings and spirit presences, tests of courage, hard choices, quiet wisdom, and moments when the seen world opens briefly onto something older and larger. Some tales comfort, some warn, and some seem gentle at first, until they turn and reveal a deeper truth.

This collection gathers folktales, fairy tales, and legends from the First Nations and Indigenous Peoples of North America, shaped by the continent's vast lands, deep histories, and many distinct cultures. These are stories born of place, season, kinship, survival, reverence, and remembrance, retold here with clarity and care, and with respect for the peoples from whom they come. Read them aloud, read them slowly, and let them do what such tales have long done, which is to keep wonder close, and to make the world feel older, richer, and more alive.

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