This book of stories contains much inner significance in the way of moralistic views and in the "oneness" that the Native people feel between themselves and the beautiful land in which they live. This feeling of "oneness", or inner dependence, that the people feel with the land is very evident by the outstanding world that animals play in the stories of the Upper Tanana. All of the stories in this book hold great spiritual, traditional significance for the Native peoples. In the past, these people had no written language and orally passed on their culture to their younger generations. Storytelling and mythology therefore, are valuable means of preserving precious portions of their culture.