Long ago, people were playing games at their camp when a raven comes. They all watch him closely because they plan to follow where he goes for food. However he flies super high and only few can see him at all. They eventually find the raven again and he distributes meat to all of them. They ask him about the buffalo but he gives no answer. They change an Apache into a puppy and hide him in a bush. The ravens children get the puppy and don't want to let go of it. They decide to keep it believing it is just a puppy and not an Apache. The raven then goes to get some meat from the buffalo he has locked up and the puppy goes with. In the middle of the night, the puppy lets all the buffalo out to be free. The Raven notices and tries finding where the man is but he hides behind one of the old and slow buffalo that he doesn't pay attention to. The man goes back to his tribe and tells them he let the buffalo loose and they rejoice and feast. The raven and its children were left to eat the gross remains of dead buffalo.
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| Raven eating dead remains sourced via Wikipedia |
I loved this story because it is filled with Indian culture and also really shows how they told stories about things such as why Ravens eat gross things. It is amazing the amount of detail put into a story that really just goes to explain something like that, but it is incredibly entertaining. If I were to make a story off of this I would put this one into a modern context but make it an explanation for something more modern and make it a little more exciting and obviously easier to read.
Bibliography:
Releasing the Buffalo by Pliny Earle Goddard
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