The Algonquian peoples tell that thousands of years ago their ancestors, who came from a northern land of ice and snow, traveled to the east. These ancestors were called the Lenape - "the original people" - and they were held in great respect by the peoples related to them. The Lenape were called "The Grandfathers" for their wisdom. Some of their "grandchildren" crossed the great Mississippi river with the Lenape and traveled east to the ocean. Some of the "grandchildren" traveled further south or north on the east coast.
Wherever they ended up - Wisconsin, Connecticut, Maine, Martha's Vineyard - the Algonquian peoples told stories that were handed down from generation to generation.
This is a collection of 28 such stories, ranging from the Lenape story of Turtle Island to the Blackfoot story of why Blackfeet never kill mice to the Ojibway story of the Bear Maiden to the Micmac story of the Burnt-Faced Girl.
