85. Adventures of Buffalo Bill (skeletons aren't scary)

Hello friends! Our accidental theme today is "Native tales"! Sit back and relax while Janey tells us a Cheyenne tale of a little girl who wants brothers, and Max tells us the heartbreaking and uplifting Inuit story of a skeleton in love. Enjoy!

Janey’s Sources - The Sister and Her Seven Brothers 

• “The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales” retold by James and Joseph Bruchac  
• “Quillworker: A Cheyenne Legend” “written and adapted” by Terri Cohlene  
• “Quill-Work Girl and Her Seven Brothers” from firstpeople.us  
• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian youtube animation of “Quill-Work Girl and Her Seven Brothers”  
• “Tales of the Cheyenne” by Grace Jackson Penney  

Max’s Sources - The Skeleton Woman

• "Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype" by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D.  
• Full free text of "The Skeleton Woman"  
• "From Darkness" 2002 Irish short animated film based on "The Skeleton Woman"