Yakari

Yakari and Little-Thunder want to help Wise-One get his "vision" back. The tribe's survival depends on this gift, which is vital to the buffalo hunt. The three friends go on a long and dangerous journey, and Yakari must solve a mystery.

Yakari and Little-Thunder must save their new friend, a gray fox called Silver-Back, from Proud-Cloud's rage. But Silver-Back has more than one enemy: craftiness flows through the gray fox's veins, and nearly all the animals of the forest complain about the tricks he constantly plays on them.

Midnight-Braids is very unhappy: she has lost the beautiful turquoise given to her by Straight-Gaze. Yakari sets off in search for it, accompanied by Little-Thunder. Just when he finds the precious stone, a chipmunk grabs it and stuffs it inside his cheek.

Buffalo-Seed complains to Yakari that he is having trouble sleeping. He's been having a recurring dream in which his ancestor appears to him, telling him about a hidden object that will make Buffalo-Seed a proud and strong Sioux. The only clues to help solve the mystery are "the buffalo's horn" and "the stones that speak".

During a drought, a friendly Sioux tribe contacts Yakari's tribe for some emergency food supplies. Midnight-Braids offers to deliver the provisions herself, because she is originally from their tribe.

Straight-Gaze is supposed to wear his best embroidered tunic to the next pow-wow, but Yakari accidentally ruins it. In order to repair it, Midnight-Braids needs porcupine quills, and Reckless-Crow offers to provide them. Yakari, who fears that Reckless-Crow's methods are too violent, tries to correct his own mistake.

Long-Strides is a Pawnee hunter who only gets around by running, and Yakari and LittleThunder discover his secret: he is afraid of horses and doesn't know how to ride. If his secret was ever revealed, he would lose all his honor.

Wild-Wood (a wapiti) and Long-Teeth (a peccary), two herd chiefs who are both as stubborn as each other, are constantly at loggerheads over the grass in the clearing intersected by the beavers' river. Linden and his clan are at the end of their tether and ask Yakari and Little-Thunder for help as their dam regularly bears the brunt of this war between chiefs.

How did Droopy-Ear the dog's ear get droopy? Yakari tells Rainbow the story: some time ago, there was an unfamiliar dog who Yakari was never able to approach, because he always kept a careful distance from the Sioux.

Supplies are running low, and the hunters are forced to extend their hunting grounds into the Badlands. Straight-Gaze forbids Yakari from coming along: it's too dangerous. But after having a bad dream, Yakari senses that their mission is in peril, and decides to set off in pursuit of his father.

Silver-Necklace the peccary has taken a young wolf cub under her wing, after he is separated from his pack. But Silver-Necklace's herd doesn't want a predator in their neck of the woods so the peccary turns to Yakari and Little-Thunder to help her find the wolf cub's pack.

Slow-Strider and Eyes-Always-Shot head to the Land of the Great Hills in search of some snow tree bark, a remedy for Restful-Rock, who is suffering from "red eye". In order to make sure the mission is going to plan, Yakari and Little-Thunder follow them from a distance.

Pursued by a hungry lynx, Wide-Eyes the bassaris is saved at the last second by Yakari and Little-Thunder, who happened to be passing through the forest. Yakari was searching for arnica flowers for his mother who needs them to make a pain remedy. In order to protect his friend Wide-Eyes from the lynx, Yakari suggests he join them on their search.

All the horses in the camp, who are essential to the tribe's survival, have disappeared. A white arrow is found in the empty enclosure. Wise-One says that it is the hallmark of "Free-Horse", an evil spirit who flies with the wind. The hunters are furious, and set off with their weapons in search of the horses.

The whole camp is buzzing with excitement! The tribe is preparing for the Dance of the Lynx, a ceremony where they pray to Mishipashoo, the sacred spirit of the Great Lynx, for a prosperous hunting year. But there's a bad omen: the rock around which the ceremony is supposed to take place is struck by lightning.

Sick with a sore throat, Yakari temporarily loses his voice... as well as his incredible ability to talk to animals. But a chipmunk needs his help because a swarm of bats has invaded his burrow. With Little-Thunder's help, the brave papoose gives it his all, despite being mute.

Rainbow warns Yakari that for two moons, small quantities of dried meat have been disappearing regularly from the supplies tepee.

Yakari and Little-Thunder must find Honeykins, a missing bear cub who was so fascinated by the eagles flying above him that he was carried onto the mountain by a hurricane. The papoose feels guilty about his disappearance, because he made a kite for the bear cub who cherished it as he had always dreamed of being able to fly.

Rainbow must gather some very rare medicinal flowers that only grow on top of a very high mountain, Eagle's Peak. When Soft-Horn, a mountain goat, warns Yakari and LittleThunder that a storm is brewing, they decide to go let Rainbow know.

Long-Snout the grizzly and Big-Fangs the wolf have come to ask Yakari for help. Their respective sons have disappeared after they were forbidden from playing together. Yakari finds the tracks of the two runaways, but he must act fast, because a wolverine has beaten them to the punch, and the rain is beginning to wash away the pair's tracks.

The foals in the herd of wild horses that Yakari and Rainbow like to watch are captured by a cunning hunter from another tribe. Yakari goes to Free-Horse for help. The three friends set off in search of the stolen foals, but the hunter knows he is being followed, and reacts very shrewdly: he covers his tracks, sets traps, and seems able to be in two places at once.

Yakari and Little-Thunder are determined to save a coyote who has fallen victim to one of the tribe's oldest traditions: the red ribbon race. As practice for hunting on horseback, a red ribbon is tied to a coyote's tail, because these are the fastest animal on the prairie, and the riders then set off in pursuit.

During a game of hide-and-seek, Yakari finds an abandoned totem in the forest. WiseOne informs him that it belonged to their ancestors. The totem must be delivered to the land of the eagles, so that the souls of the ancients may be at peace.

The tribe arrives in their summer territory, but as they are pitching their tepees, they realize that several of the poles that make up the frames have been damaged. This is a job for the only expert who can carve some more: Slow-Strider! Yakari is dumbfounded: the Sioux who knows the most about trees is slower than a tortoise!

A friendly Sioux tribe has elected a new chief: Little-Buffalo. Yakari and his parents must visit him and offer him a gift, a magnificent chief's headdress. It has been a long time since Yakari and his parents have spent some quality time together, so they are delighted at the thought of this journey.