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Blackfeet – Native Americans

Mariana Ayón RV by Mariana Ayón RV
July 3, 2025
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Legend of how the Blackfeet recovered their buffalo

Legend has it that many years ago, there existed a tribe of Native Americans called the Blackfeet, who lived on vast prairies where bison abounded.

One day, the bison began to disappear from the prairies, and the tribe’s people began to starve. The chief of the tribe decided to consult Chareko, the wisest of the tribe.

“Soon, the cold will come, winter will arrive, and my people will have nothing to eat, nor skins to protect themselves from the cold. We cannot survive without hunting bison. We will all die.”

After listening to the chief, the old man Chareko replied:

“There is a valley far away, beyond the Windy Hills, where a medicine man named Kinawakan lives. He has stolen their bison. Tomorrow I will leave at dawn to look for the bison and bring them back. I just need someone from your tribe to accompany me.” “I’d like to go with you,” said Lone Spirit, the chief’s eldest son. “I’m grown up now, and I’ve completed the quest. In return, the spirits gave me the gift of turning into a bird, a dog, or a grasshopper.”

The old man was very surprised, and Chareko realized this would help him.

The next day they set out on their journey. As they approached the Windy Hills, Chareko turned into a huge mosquito and Lone Spirit turned into a bird, and the two flew over the hills. When they reached the other side, they saw a single teepee, with no other people around it. The medicine man Kinawakan lived there with his wife and little daughter.

They quietly approached the tent. They heard voices, but couldn’t make out anything.

They approached the teepee, and the puppy (Lone Spirit) began to bark, staring at the wooden stick (Chareko).

Hearing the barking, the girl came out of the tent and took the puppy in her arms, stroking it lovingly. She also took the wooden stick.

The next day, very early, the sorcerer went hunting. Afterward, the woman took her new stick and went out to look for roots, followed by her daughter and the puppy.

After much gathering, the woman took a nap under a tree, while the girl continued to play happily with the puppy.

“Do you want me to tell you my secret?” she said to the puppy. “There is a place near here where there are some very large animals, much larger than you and me. Would you like me to show you there?”

The puppy began to jump around the girl, took the wooden stick in its teeth, and followed her.

They walked a little and came to a large rock that seemed to be hidden by a huge bush. The girl carefully moved some branches aside and brought the little dog closer so he could see inside. Although she had a firm grip on him, he broke free and ran into the cave with the stick in his mouth. The girl became very frightened and ran to tell her mother that the dog had grabbed the stick and escaped. Her mother became very angry, and they returned home.

Once inside the cave, Chareko had transformed back into a man, and Lone Spirit had transformed into a very large dog, rallying all the bison to force them out through the hole in the rock.

Kinawakan heard the roar of the bison herd and approached. When he arrived, he heard a man shouting and a dog barking. Someone had started the bison stampede.

When the last bison emerged, Kinawakan realized there was no one inside the cave. He became furious and swore revenge, turning into a very large bird.

As they returned, Chareko realized that the enormous bird following them could be none other than the sorcerer Kinawakan. He turned into a hare and lay down in the grass as if he were dead.

The bird approached her, ready to eat her; but Chareko quickly transformed into a man and grabbed the bird’s legs tightly, tying them with a rope, to lead him to a post near the camp’s central fire.

All day long, Kinawakan tried to free himself from the post, screaming incessantly, his feathers growing increasingly black from the smoke from the fires.

Since then, the ravens’ feathers have always been black.

Pies Negros – Nativoamericanos

Leyenda de cómo los Pies Negros recuperaron sus Búfalos

Cuenta la leyenda que existió hace muchos años una tribu de indios americanos llamados Pies Negros, los cuales vivían en unas praderas enormes donde abundaban los bisontes.

Un día los bisontes comenzaron a desaparecer de las praderas y las gentes de la tribu comenzaron a pasar hambre. El jefe de la tribu decidió ir a consultar a Chareko, el más sabio de la tribu.

—Pronto vendrá el frío, llegará el invierno, y mis gentes no tendrán nada que comer, ni pieles para protegerse del frío. No podemos sobrevivir sin cazar bisontes. Moriremos todos.

Después de escuchar al jefe, el anciano Chareko le contestó:

—Existe un valle a lo lejos, más allá de las Colinas del Viento donde vive un hechicero llamado Kinawakan, él les ha robado sus bisontes. Mañana partiré al amanecer para buscar los bisontes y traerlos de nuevo, sólo necesito que alguien de tu tribu me acompañe.

—Quisiera ir contigo —dijo Espíritu Solitario, el hijo mayor del jefe —Ya soy mayor y he hecho la búsqueda. En recompensa, los espíritus me dieron el don de convertirme pájaro, en un perro o en un saltamontes.

El anciano se quedó muy sorprendido y Chareko se dio cuenta que esto le ayudaría.

Al día siguiente emprendieron el viaje. Cuando se iban acercando a las Colinas del Viento, Chareko se convirtió en un mosquito enorme y Espíritu Solitario se transformó en un pájaro, y los dos volaron por las colinas. Al llegar al otro lado vieron un Tipi solo, sin ningún otro a su alrededor. Allí vivía el hechicero Kinawakan con su mujer y con su pequeña hija.

Sigilosamente se acercaron hacia la tienda. Oyeron voces, pero no conseguían descubrir nada.

Se acercaron al Tipi y el cachorro de perro —Espíritu Solitario— empezó a ladrar mirando fijamente a la vara de madera —Chareko—. 

Al oír los ladridos, la niña salió de la tienda, y cogió al cachorro entre sus brazos acariciándole con cariño; también cogió la vara de madera.

Al día siguiente, muy temprano, el hechicero salió a cazar. Después la mujer cogió su nueva vara y salió a buscar raíces, seguida por su hija y el cachorro.

Después de mucho recolectar, la mujer se tomó una siesta bajo un árbol, mientras la niña seguía jugando muy contenta con el cachorro.

—¿Quieres que te diga mi secreto? —Le dijo al cachorro —Hay un sitio cerca de aquí donde hay unos animales muy grandes, mucho más que tú y yo. ¿Te gustaría que te enseñara ese sitio? 

El cachorro comenzó a dar saltos alrededor de la niña, cogió la vara de madera entre los dientes y la siguió.

Caminaron un poco y llegaron a una gran roca que estaba como tapada por un arbusto enorme. La niña apartó algunas ramas con cuidado y acercó al perrito para que éste viera hacia el interior, y aunque lo tenía bien agarrado, éste se soltó, metiéndose a la caverna con la vara en el hocico. La niña se asustó mucho y corrió a avisar a su madre contándole que el perro había cogido la vara y se había escapado. La madre se enfadó mucho y volvieron a casa.

Ya en el interior de la caverna, Chareko se había transformado de nuevo en hombre y Espíritu Solitario en un perro muy grande, reuniendo a todos los bisontes y para conseguir que salieran por el agujero de la roca.

Kinawakán escuchó el estruendo de la manada de bisontes y se acercó. Al llegar escuchó los gritos de un hombre y los ladridos de un perro. La estampida de los bisontes había sido provocada por alguien.

Al salir el último bisonte, Kinawakan se dio cuenta de que no había nadie dentro de la cueva, se puso muy furioso y juró vengarse, convirtiéndose en un ave muy grande.

Cuando venían de regreso Chareko comprendió que ese pájaro enorme que los seguía no podía ser otro que el hechicero Kinawakan, se convirtió en liebre y se tumbó en la hierba como si estuviese muerta.

El pájaro se acercó a ella dispuesto a comérsela; pero rápido y veloz Chareko se transformó en hombre y agarró fuertemente las patas del pájaro atándolas con una cuerda, para llevarlo a un poste cerca del fuego central del campamento.

Durante todo el día Kinawakan estuvo intentando soltarse del poste, gritando sin cesar y con las plumas cada vez más negras por el humo de las hogueras.

Desde entonces las plumas de los cuervos han sido siempre negras.

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Mexican poet and writer. Interested in hispanic-latinamerican cultures. Settled in Mexico, she is currently studying a Master's Degree in History.

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