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A WOLF LEGEND In Indian legend, wolves are most likely considered as being dependable; since, they hunt in cooperative packs. To the Navajo people, Wolf is the leader of all the hunting animals. Wolves are admired by the Native Americans for being skilled, relentless hunters.

kThe Tlingit, a northern coast tribe divided themselves into two hereditary groups known as the Raven, and the Wolf groups. This being a matrilineal society, legend held that one must only marry someone from the opposite group; so that, children always had the same group affiliation as their mother and a different one from their father.

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