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Native American stories explain how the white raven turned black.  In one version, the owl took the sun, moon, and stars and hid them in his cave.  The raven sneaked into the cave and stole these celestial bodies and hung them back in the sky.  But while he was there he also stole some embers from the fire.  As he flew with a beak full of embers, the smoke from the fire turned him black.