Crow Indian Short Story

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The Crow Indian people tell many stories. These stories are considered to be facts and the true history of their tribe but, do you know why? These stories were essential for the Crow ancestors to have an understanding of the way their world worked and allowed them to have explanations for things like how the world was made, why the sun and moon set and rise, or where fire came from. They may have said the that the sun and the moon were star-crossed lovers but forbidden to be together, of course, this is just an example. On cold, rainy, or snowy days crow children would ask their parents to tell them stories such as the Coyote: the Crow creation story, The Piqued Buffalo-Wife, or The Lodge-Boy and the Thrown-Away Father, just to name a