Bald Eagle

All the kids who are walking along with Eagle one day ask him why he is bald. Eagle denies he is bald, then tells them as long as they don't tell anyone else, he will tell them how he came to look like he does. He tells them about the world before the light, the Great Spirit called Eagle and Raven to come and carry him across the world for he wished to see it. He told them to fly to the ocean so he could drink, but he became much heavier and so he was harder to carry.

The Great Spirit then wanted to eat, so they took him to a river to eat some fish. He invited Raven to join him and Raven ate so much he can't fly anymore, leaving Eagle to carry them both. They decide to visit Frog, who tells them a story of how the world will one day be filled with light and people. The Great Spirit asks frog to show him where all this will happen, and they all climb on top of Eagle to get there. Frog, Raven and Great Spirit poke fun at Eagle, who is growing tired and frustrated. Angrily, he drops them from his back and they fall to the ground.

Raven and Frog start to get up when Great Spirit tells them to lay down and play dead. Let Eagle come close, he says, then I'll show him. Sure enough, Eagle comes down to investigate as he is worried he has killed his friends. As he gets close, the Great Spirit reaches up and grabs Eagle by his head-feathers. Eagle pulls and pulls until he finally breaks free, but all his head-feathers have turned white. Eagle is horrified, but Great Spirit tells him that is what he gets for having no sense of humor.

Raven, Frog/Narrator, Eagle

Raven Tales is a series of CGI animated television/film programs targeted at school-age children and their families. It features Native American folklore developed to appeal to a broad international audience in a contemporary, humorous and entertaining way.

Raven Tales concentrates on the wild and funny adventures of Raven, the most powerful, and one might add, trickiest troublemaker of Native American folklore.

The Raven Tales, like the Simpsons, centers its humor on the interactions of its reoccurring ensemble cast. The three principal characters, Raven, Eagle and Frog, anchor the show and provide familiar faces and humorous antics that feature widely in each episode. Along with the principal characters are a cast of humans, their children, and a group of mythological creatures whose foibles and flaws give our heroes plenty to worry about. And with 10,000 years of market research to support them, these stories are surefire hits with any audience.

The pilot episode, How Raven Stole the Sun, was adapted from a popular Haida myth, but has elements of Salish and Kwakiutl, while other episodes have been adapted from Cree, Cherokee, Lakota, Navajo, Nisgaa and other Native American stories from all across North America.

The cast, music and sound design are all by Aboriginal talent.

This series is scheduled to run for 13 episodes.