This is a Scarce First Edition of "Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle's Lodge-Fire" written by Frank Linderman and illustrated by Charles Russell and published in 1915. The book is comprised of numerous Native American Indian folklore stories including "Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped", "Why Blackfeet Never Kill Mice", "Why the Indians whip the Buffalo-Berries from the Bushes" and many more. The book is a renowned collaboration between Linderman and Russell who were good friends. Frank Bird Linderman was a Montana writer, politician, Native American ally and ethnographer. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he went West as a young man and became enamored of life on the Montana frontier. While working as a trapper for several years, he lived with the Salish and Blackfeet tribes, learning their cultures. He later became an advocate for them and for other Northern Plains Indians. He wrote about their cultures and worked to help them survive pressure from European Americans. For instance, he supported establishment of the Rocky Boy Indian reservation in Montana for landless Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Cree, and continued as an advocate for Native Americans to his death. Charles Marion Russell, also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West, known as "the cowboy artist", a prolific artist who created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. This red cloth bound gold gilt illustrated hardcover is in nice overall condition, scuffing observed on cover edges. Intact pages exhibit tears, have painted top edge, fore and bottom edge deckled, age tanning with slight foxing exhibited. No other obvious marring noted. Measures 6.25"W x 8.25"L x 1.25"D