The fifty-six Coyote Tales in this book -- delightfully illustrated by the author -- are lively, funny, profound, sometimes sad, and always wise. Peter Blue Cloud brings Native American literature into the twentieth century with a style and a power that have made this book a classic. Peter Blue Cloud, a Mohawk of the Turtle Clan, has published many books, among them, 'Alcatraz is Not an Island', 'Back Then Tomorrow', 'White Corn Sister' and 'Clans of Many Nations: Selected Poems 1969-94'. A recipient of an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, he resides at Kahnawake in Quebec.

Preface by: Gary Snyder