Presents a history of tipis, describing the different ways in which they were constructed, the many symbolic designs used to decorate them, and the practical and spiritual significance they had in the lives of Native Americans.

A young hunter marries a female buffalo in the form of a beautiful maiden, but when his people reject her he must pass several tests before being allowed to join the buffalo nation.

Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

After caring for an old abandoned horse, a poor young Pawnee boy is rewarded by the horse's mystic powers.

This is the story about a hunter, Sacred Otter, who was saved by Storm Maker, the Bad Weather spirit, and was given designs to paint on his tipi to protect him.

A Lakota Indian legend in which the White Buffalo Woman presents her people with the Sacred Calf Pipe which gives them the means to pray to the Great Spirit.

Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.