Contents

INTRODUCTION	3
CULTURAL SETTING	5
YAQUI STORY TELLING	15
THE NARRATORS	21
THE STORIES
Yomumuli and the Little Surem People	25
The Ku Bird	28
The Wise Deer	30
Tasi'o Sewa	31
Yuku	32
When Badger Named the Sun	34
Mochomo	35
The Wax Monkey	37
The False Beggar	39
The Stick That Sang	42
The Two Bears	45
The Walking Stone	49
Sun and Moon	52
Five Friends of Takochai	53
The Man Who Became a Buzzard	59
The Snake People	62
Omteme	65
Juan Sin Miedo	67
The Boy Who Became a King	69
Kaiman	78
The Big Bird	81
The Wars Against the Mexicans	88
War Between the Yaquis and the Pimas	91
Peace at Pitahaya	93
Malinero'okai	95
The First Deer Hunter	100
The Death of Kutam Tawi	103
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The Flood and the Prophets	106
San Pedro and Cristo	110
Jesucristo and San Pedro	111
Pedro de Ordimales	113
San Pedro and the Devil	114
Father Frog	116
Two Little Lambs	117
Maisoka and Hima'awikia	119
The Cricket and the Lion	120
Grasshopper and Cricket	123
Turtle and Coyote	124
Coyote and Rabbit	126
Heron and Fox	128
The Cat and the Monkey	129
In Rabbit's House	131
Coyote and the Friendly Dogs	132
The Black Horse	133
Duck Hunter	134
Tesak Pascola's Watermelons	135
The Calabazas Funeral	137
Suawaka	138
Topol the Clever	141
Why the Animals Remain Animals	143
Coyote Woman	144
The First Fiesta	145
Bobok	148
The Five Mended Brothers	151
The First Fire	158
The Spirit Fox	160
The Yaqui Doctor	163
The Twins	166
The Snake of the Hill of Nohme	171
Tukawiru	172
Cho'oko Baso	176
REFERENCES	177

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