Spirit Mountain is the specific site of the Mojave Creation Story. It is here that Massimo created the Mojave people and their world, giving them the skills and ways by which they are to live. He then died, turning himself into an eagle – the form in which he now visits his people.
The Lakota Creation story The Sun & Moon tells the story of the importance of love. It was the love of the Sun and the Moon which allowed the creation of our world to take place. Lakota Storyteller, Byron Good Voice Elk has brought the story to life through what he was taught growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
When the Creator first saw that there were stirrings on the blue orb, he created the Son of the Sun and sent him to help life there come into being.
After the Son of the Sun has created land with the help of a duck – the first two creatures come to life. One is the wolf, who the Son of the Sun solicits to help him populate the land with animals. The second is the coyote, who the Son of the Sun realizes will cause mischief among the people. So, the Son of the Sun makes the duck the coyote’s nemesis, always trying to mitigate the damage he sets in motion.
> Read the full transcript of the Crow Creation Story, told by Grant Bulltail
