![]() ![]() Some of our traditional stories explain how things came to be inthe world. To do this, he often transforms into a completely different shape. He brings light to people by creating the sun, moon, stars, or causes the tides so people can harvest clams and other shellfish. Whether the trickster figure is Raven, Bluejay, or Coyote, he is important. ![]() Native groups south of us have Bluejay as their trickster, while those in the interior of Washington and Oregon or parts of the Southwest feature Coyote in their traditional stories. Like other groups farther north along the Pacific coast, our stories have Raven as the main trickster character. ![]() They could talk and paddle canoes and live in longhouses. Traditional stories take place at the Time of Beginnings in the world, back when animals were like human beings. We hope that the traditional tales of the wily old Raven come back to life through the pages of this book. Now many of the people who remembered the old ways and could tell those stories have passed on. That’s the way we learned how to behave – what do to and what not to do. Stories are the way we learned our history long before there were schools. ![]()
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