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Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Media

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Bear Mother
Haida argillite carving, c. 1890, depicting a folktale in which the Bear Mother endures...
Courtesy of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York
Hopi squirrel spirit
Hopi kachina of Laqán, the squirrel spirit, c. 1950; in the National Museum of the...
Courtesy of the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York
Madrid Codex
The corn god (left) and the rain god, Chac, drawing from the Madrid Codex (Codex...
Courtesy of the Museo de America, Madrid