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How People Were Made - Mountain Miwok creation story

As the Earth filled with water, Coyote got together with Frog to make a place to live. Frog dove deep and brought up two handfuls of sand. Then Coyote scattered the sand all around and created land. Next he created pine nuts and acorns and all the other kinds of food. When he finished, he said to Frog: 'This is a good earth, and now I'll create the People to make it their home.