For countless ages before Europeans set foot in North America, native people inhabited the vast arctic regions, forests, deserts, and plains. They lived off the bountiful land, and developed unique cultures with stories of their heroes and adventures that have been passed down through successive generations. Many stories involved fearsome creatures with supernatural powers, believed to wander the land in a shadowy existence somewhere between reality and the unknown. One of these creatures, now known as Bigfoot, passed beyond the realm of native lore and has become firmly entrenched in modern culture—for we too have seen this mysterious being. Kathy Moskowitz Strain, a professional archaeologist and anthropologist with the U.S. Forest Service in California, presents in this volume a collection of verbatim stories from 55 native cultures that tell of giants, cannibals, and monsters in North America. We are taken to the campfires where such stories have been repeated for thousands of years by native elders and warriors. Includes chapters on Nunivak, Yupik, Hoopa, Shasta, Wintu, Yurok, Paiute, Shoshone, Cheyenne, Comanche, Pawnee, Sioux, Wichita, Iroquois, Micmac, Ojibway, Shawnee, Chinook, Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Flathead, Modoc, Nez Perce, Yakama, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Natchez, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Taos, more.