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7 Episodes 2004 - 2006
Episode 1
In the time before the light and life came to the land, the world was dark and unformed. Raven, who lived during this time of creation, was bored and complained constantly to his brother Eagle, who tried his best to ignore him. One day, Frog tells them about an old man who keeps the sky, the stars, the moon and the light of the world in a set of boxes in his hut by the river. Curious, Raven transforms himself into a spruce needle and is swallowed by the old man's daughter as she drinks from the river. Raven sleeps and grows inside the girl until he was born as a Raven-child. Using all his powers of persuasion, his childish charisma and the odd temper tantrum, he persuades the old man to open the boxes. At the moment he hands the last box to the Raven-child, the Raven assumes his true form and escapes from the hut through the smoke hole, which blackens his feathers. As he ascends into the sky with the sun, the world around him is instantly transformed by the light, which awakens all the plants and animals.
Episode 2
The world is now filled with life: birds clamor merrily and fish swim and jump in the waters. Raven and Eagle walk among the new animals, instructing them on how they should behave but the animals ignore them or make rude gestures. They meet Frog, who tells them of a great clamshell with a wondrous surprise inside. Raven, ever curious, finds the clamshell on the beach, but it just sits there doing nothing. Frustrated, Raven kicks at it and he hears a cry issue forth. Eagle is uneasy and suggests they walk on but Raven ignores him. Prying open the shell he finds tiny men inside. Eagle finds the men quite unpleasant to look at, but Raven is intrigued. He decides to take charge of the men, teaching them how to make fire, to hunt; he even tries to teach them how to fly. Of course it all turns out as quite a mess. He grows bored again and despairs because Eagle won't let him leave them alone. Frog returns and tells Eagle and Raven about another shell slightly different from the first. Raven goes to this second shell and this time introduces its inhabitants, the Women, to the boys, but it doesn't go as planned. Raven decides he's had enough and figures out a way to get rid of all of them by coaxing them back into the shell. He and Eagle soon forget about the clamshells and the strange creatures inside.
Episode 3
Gwai is having a hard time keeping up with the others when it comes to gathering and hunting food. His wife is afraid that they will end up with less than everybody else, which would be a bit of an embarrassment. He talks to Frog about it, who tells him about the greatest hunter of all, the Wasgo (Sea Wolf). Gwai calls out to the Sea Wolf from the beach, and the next day, the beast appears to him in the forest. The Wasgo offers to help, but only when Gwai agrees to give him proper credit, in the form of a totem. However, when the Sea-wolf goes out and brings back a giant catch for Gwai, he returns to the village and takes credit for the catch himself and does not build the totem. The Sea Wolf continues to hunt for Gwai, each time asking when his totem will be done. Gwai lies and says he will finish it before the end of fall but he becomes worried as the people are becoming suspicious of his continued success. He tells Frog the problem and Frog suggests he just tell the truth, but when Gwai tells the Sea-wolf of his lies, it takes back the fish in the middle of the night. When Gwai tells the village that a sea Wolf has stolen back the fish, the men form a hunting party to kill the beast and take back their fish. Gwai goes back into the woods and builds the totem, rushing to finish it before the men find Wasgo. He finds them in the nick of time, confessing to all what has happened. The men and the Sea Wolf forgive Gwai, and they all return to the village together for a feast.
Episode 4
The first people build Eagle a totem because Eagle brings more food, in the form of fish he catches. Raven who becomes jealous because he is incapable of catching fish himself, tries to help the people in other ways but ends up making a mess every time. Frog advises him to be more like himself, the trickster, than trying to be like Eagle. Raven is inspired, and decides he will show everyone by winning all the winter-smoked fish in the village for himself. Raven tells everyone in the village of a mystery bird that he has seen catching huge fish in a nearby stream. Proud Eagle boasts he can catch the biggest fish, and thus Raven tricks him into entering a fishing contest. He challenges the people to a bet that Eagle can't catch as big a fish in a single try as the other bird. The day of the contest comes and the mystery bird appears. It is Raven in a silly transformation costume. He's secretly bet on Eagle and intends to throw the contest and win all the fish. Raven leaps down and ends up hitting a rock, losing his costume and falling into the water. Eagle realizes that the mystery bird is Raven and saves him from drowning. The people see that they have been tricked, but realize that Raven had inadvertently taught the village that it is better to share all their goods.
Episode 5
Qos is in love with Igis, but she'll have nothing to do with him. He becomes more and more despondent as he is the only man without a mate or children and winter is upon them, but Igis is simply too much in love with herself to love anybody else.
Episode 6
Igis and Qos are trying to have a child without success. Frog comes upon Igis crying in the forest, and she tells her of the witch-creature Dzunukwa, a powerful magician who may be able to help her; for a price.
Episode 7
Igis and Qos are trying to have a child without success. Frog comes upon Igis crying in the forest, and she tells her of the witch-creature Dzunukwa, a powerful magician who may be able to help her; for a price. Igis decides to call to Dzunukwa, who tells her that if Igis gathers her tears together and brings them to her, then Dzunukwa will make a child from them. But, if the child ever calls out in sadness, she will return to take the child and all of the other children in the village. Igis agrees without hesitation and promises to pay Dzunukwa's price without thinking. Igis gathers her tears for Dzunukwa and sure enough she soon has her own child. The other children make fun of the Child, even though he is a good kid, and so he calls out to Dzunukwa to take him away. Dzunukwa returns and takes him and all the other children away into the forest, where she begins to teach them about the creatures and plants. The people, realizing that their children have been stolen away, follow after Dzunukwa and demand that the children be returned. The children realize that Dzunukwa only wants them because she is lonely, and Frog suggests that the children visit with her every summer during the busy time, but return to their parents in the fall. This is why Dzunukwa's tears fall from the sky every autumn when she must say goodbye to the children.