The Star People and the Lost Children: Lakota Sioux Folktale (United States)
In the days when the Lakota folktale traditions were first spoken beneath the boundless skies of the Great Plains, two young children wandered from their village, drawn by a light shimmering in the evening heavens. The older sister held her younger brother’s hand as they followed a bright star glowing above the western horizon. It pulsed gently like a living
