Wolves are often portrayed very differently in Native American folklore than they are in other cultures. As told in an adaptation of Robert and Pat Ritzenthaler's The Woodland Indians of the Western Great Lakes, the native Wenebojo meets a pack of wolves while they are hunting and is then welcomed by the wolves to set up camp with them. Wenebojo and the wolves camp together on the edge of a lake and all sit around a fire. Wenebojo starts to get cold, so one of the wolves jumps over the fire so that it will burn higher and warm Wenebojo. Wenebojo becomes very hungry, so one of the wolves throws him his moccasin and instructs him to take the food that is inside it. The wolves continue to provide for Wenebojo while he lives with them, until an evil manidog kills Wenebojo's wolf brother. Wenebojo seeks out the manidog, or evil spirit, in order to avenge his brother. According to the Ojibwe myth, it was Wenebojo's quest to avenge his wolf brother that lead to the creation of the modern world.
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