Ghost stories are among the oldest in recorded history and were as popular with the Plains Indians of North America as in any other ancient culture. The descendants of those nations still tell the same stories of ghostly apparitions in the present day – and their popularity has not diminished with time.
The stories in this collection come from the Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Sioux nations. The Cheyenne Creation Story, Lakota Sioux Creation Story, and the Cheyenne Afterlife are included to give the tales an expanded context. These stories and the many others having nothing to do with ghosts or the afterlife stand as a refutation to the claim that the Native peoples of North America had no literature. They actually had – and still have – a vast body of literary works with more produced by indigenous writers every year.
