Wolf Song

Edwin Wollert / Education Coordinator / Wolf Song of Alaska Did you know? The Navajo word for wolf, “mai-coh,” also means witch, and a person could transform if he or she donned a wolf skin. So the Europeans were not the only ones with werewolf legends. However, the American tribes have an overwhelming tendency to […]

Kendall Klug In the Native American way, the word medicine means anything that brings one closer to nature and the life force inherent within all living things. This could mean the healing of the body, the mind, and spirit, as observed through the lessons and living patterns of the animal kingdom. Of course, this requires

Note The spelling of some languages are “Romanized” for ease of pronunciation Algonquin: mahigan Apache: ba’cho, ba’uchaahi, ma’cho Athabascan: teekon Cherokee (Tsalagi):   wahya (pronounced “wah-n(y)a”) Chemehuevi tivaci Cheyenne:     ho’nene; maiyun Chinook:   lelou, leloo Chipewyan: segolia , nuniye Choctaw:   nashoba Cree: mahigan Comanche: tseena Greenland-Inuit: amarog Havasupai hatagwila Hawaiian ‘ilio hae Hopi:  kweeuu Hualapai / Walapai: hatkwil

Priscilla Wolf – Author, Artist, Storyteller  (Wolf Song of Alaska Member)

A Story by Priscilla Wolf – Author, Artist, Storyteller The couple changed into dogs, with golden fur and beauty. They began to sing their love songs again but there were no words. It was changed now, more beautiful than before The songs of the Wolf Dogs were so beautiful as they ran through the forest,

Priscilla Wolf / Tijeras, New Mexico

Pat O’Neil / Wolf Song of Alaska Volunteer The wolf had a major impact on the societies of many Native American tribes. Rubbing wolf fur on arrows was to bring fortune in hunting for the Cheyenne. The medicine men of many tribes would wear wolf skins in order to duplicate the powers of the wolf.

Eugen Tomiuc / Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The “Shadow Wolves” is the name of a group of U.S. Customs officers who are helping in the fight against illegal migration and drug trafficking. They are Native American trackers, experts in using footprints, broken branches, and other clues to follow the trails of human beings

Song after Battle (Teton Sioux) As the young men went byI was looking for him.It surprises me anewThat he has gone.It is somethingTo which I cannot be reconciled.Owls hoot at me.Owls hoot at me.That is what I hearIn my life.Wolves howl at me.Wolves howl at me.That is what I hearIn my life. War Song(Teton Sioux) A

Priscilla Wolf – Author, Artist, Storyteller, (Wolf Song of Alaska Member)