 The story of how the robin got its red breast by fanning the dying flames of a campfire to save a Native American man and a boy is similar to those that surround the European robin.The Tlingit people of Northwestern North America held it to be a culture hero created by Raven to please the people with its song.One of the houses of the Raven Tribe from the Nisga'a Nation holds the robin as a house crest.