Part I: The first Americans
A vast and varied continent
Living with the spirit world
Part II: Timeless tales of North America
The Northeast: an Iroquois creation story
The woman who fell from the sky
The Southwest: a Zuni origin myth
The Northwest coast: a Tlingit/Tsimshian origin myth
Raven brings the daylight
The Northeast: an Algonquian Hero tale
Glooscap slays the water monster
The Great Plains: a Sioux trickster tale
California: a Karuk story of the afterlife
A visit to the land of the dead