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Beloved Houma/Choctaw storyteller Grayhawk Perkins shares age-old wisdom in an unforgettable collection of folktales Grayhawk's Native American Folktales is the eagerly awaited collection of stories by Grayhawk Perkins, a noted Houma/Choctaw storyteller from Louisiana. Drawing on traditional Indigenous tales, Grayhawk transforms these narratives into stories that captivate contemporary readers and audiences. The collection features universal animal characters such as Deer, Rabbit, Bobcat, Turtle, and Snake that embody a variety of traits. Their adventures and challenges in the natural world reveal human behavior and lessons about how to treat others. Creation stories explain how the world and its inhabitants came to be, including the diligent Crawfish, the origin of skunk stripes, and why opossums are white. Although written for children ages 7 to 12 and their families, all will be charmed by Grayhawk's contributions to Indigenous literature.

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""Grayhawk creates a tome based on his original stories and the oral traditions of his Indigenous roots. Hearkening back to ancient times when humans could understand the language of animals, Grayhawk has woven tales of everyday life and eternal questions with allegories on pride, greed, arrogance, competition, generosity, and survival."" --John Barbry, director of development and programing, Language and Culture Revitalization Program, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana ""We are made of stories, and the kinds of stories in Grayhawk Perkins's long-awaited new collection of stories encourage us to embrace the immense, ever-changing story we share together on this earth. You will say when you have reached the last page of this book, 'Just one more story, one more please, Grayhawk.'"" --Joy Harjo, Mvskoke poet, musician, and twenty-third US Poet Laureate

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