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This folder provides a collection of stories concerning many aspects of Baxoje Woshka. Read each of these stories closely and look for the wisdom that they teach! We will cover the contents of each subfolder below.

Baxoje Traditions

This subfolder contains two files that relate sacred stories of the Ioway people.

Traditions of the Iowa Indians- Alanson B. Skinner

Alanson B. Skinner was a renowned colonizer ethnographer who is well-known for recording a great volume on Ioway culture, and is also well-known for collecting most all of our Waruxawe, "Sacred Bundles" and stuffing them in the Milwaukee Public Museum. In this volume, he documents a great collection of sacred Ioway stories. We have used the privileges of university access to online sites to download this document in its entirety for your pleasure.

"Rabbit Frees the People From Muskrat"

This is a story that was transcribed by Jimm Goodtracks and extracted from his website. We have included it here instead of the website itself to make it easier for people to navigate through all the stories that we have compiled so far! Challenge your language learning skills by reading this aloud to your friends and family in Baxoje Ich'e.

Clan Origins from JGT

This subfolder contains files extracted from the Jimm Goodtracks website that relate the origins of six of our Kiraje, "clans." As always, we are grateful to Mr. Goodtracks for his efforts in preserving our culture and history. We include these stories here instead of his website itself to make it easier for people to navigate through all the stories that we have compiled so far!

Miscellaneous Stories and Tribal Member Publications

This subfolder contains two files that were published by tribal members!