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The chief of the tribe at the bottom of the lake
asked him, “Young man, what are you doing here?”

“My father wanted me tobe a great hunter,
a great fisherman and great in everything I do?
said Sonny.

“But I think I might have spoiled the whole thing
by my behavior.

I don’t know whether I'll ever amount to anything”


10

Sonny walked until he came to a small stream.
He laid down, tired and hungry.


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In the meantime, several days had gone by.
Sonny’s parents had gone from village to village
asking about their son.
But nobody had seen him.
When Sonny returned,
they were glad to have him back.
They went out and gave him a royal welcome.


In the old days,
the Indians would teach their young menfolk
the way they should live.

This is the story of one particular young man
named Sonny.


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The Confederated Tribes of the
‘Werm Springs Revervation of Oregon
2 The Beginning of the Korth
The Canfederated Tribes of the
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8 The Biacktoii Dance
Blackfeet Trike
4 How Marten Got His Spots
Kootenai Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flethsad
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5 Lost in the Fog
Jamestown-Clallam Tribe
8 Haw to Be a Friend
The Confederated Tribes of tha
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7 How the Morning and Evening Stars
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Assiniboine and Bioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation
8 Raccoan’s Black Eyes ond Ringed Teil
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
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B Coyote anc Old Lady

Shoshone- Bannock Tribes of the
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10 Coyote and Trout
Keotansi Cultaral Cammittee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootensi Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

1] How the Milky Way Gat into the Sky
The Confederated Tribea of the
Warm Sprimgs Reservation of Oregon

12 Inkdami and the Buffalo
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation

13 Medicine Horse
Shoshone-Bannock Tribee of the
Fort Halt Reservation

14 The Good Hunter and Fisherman
Jamestown-Clallem Tribe

15 The Wild Bujfaio Ride
Blackfeet Tribe

16T Ame Rock
Crow Tribal Historical snd Cultural
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iT The Man Who Loved Shell Money
Skokomish Triba

18 Old Man Nopi
Blackfeet Tribe

18 The Turtle Who Went to War

Asalniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
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20 Coyote and the Mean Mountain Sheep
Saleh Cultural Committee of
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Sonny got a short pole
which he sharpened at one end.
He called his little brother and said,
“Come on, Brother.
We'll go and get that whale”

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Sonny left.
He woke up from his dream, right back where

he had fallen asleep.
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14

Sonny followed the people into the hills.
He came to a crystal-clear lake.
He looked down into the lake and saw some houses.
With a heavy rock to weigh him down,
he dove to the bottom of the lake.


About halfway through the meal, the father returned.
When he saw that Sonny was eating,
he lost his temper.
He grabbed the bow] of soup
and threw it in the boy’s face.
He said angrily to his wife, “Don’t you know
I’m trying to make something out of this boy!”




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So they waited while the other fishermen

and great hunters tried to get the whale.
But soon, sure enough,

the whale came right alongside of the boat.
Sonny took his stick and speared the whale

in a vital spot.
He killed it right there,

and then he and his brother towed it home.




Sonny’s father wanted his son to be a good hunter,
a good fisherman, and great in all
that he would do.

He began working with his son.

He showed him the things that he should do.

He prayed to his God that Sonny might be great
in all that he’d do.








The Good Hunter
and Fisherman

The Indian Reading Series

Level III Book 14


Sonny went outside.
He thought, “This is about the end of it.
I might as well leave home.”




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The story goes that after that,
Sonny’s people were never in want.
They had all kinds of fish and game to eat,
because Sonny had gotten his power
from his dream.




Sonny’s father put him on a strict diet
for quite some time.

One day when the father was away,
old Motherlove saw her son sitting outside,
next to the old home.

He looked so hungry.

Old Motherlove brought him into the house,
made some soup and gave it to him to eat.


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The chief said to him, “Look at the wall.
You can see my powers up there.
Young man, I am going to give you a lesser power.
Then ’m going to send you home”
He gave one of the lesser powers to Sonny
and said, “Now, you be on your way home”



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They got into a small canoe
and paddled out into the bay.

Sonny stopped the canoe.

“Brother, that whale is going to come up
right here? he said.

“We'll wait here for it.”


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$ Stories and Legends of the Northwest

The Good Hunter and Fisherman
Level III Book 14

Coast Area Planning Committee

Edith Cusack

Jeanne Evernden

Bruce Miller

Georgia Oliver, Consultant
Wilma Petty

Seahtlhuk (Gary Hillaire)
Bernice Lozier Tanewasha
Charlotte Williams

A Jamestown Clallam Legend
As told by Jim Cook
Illustrated by Seahtlhuk (Gary Hillaire)

Joseph Coburn, Director
Pacific Northwest Indian Program
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory



Not long after that, a whale came into the bay.
All the great fishermen and hunters
got in their canoes and went after the whale.

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THE INDIAN READING SERIES: Stories and Legends of the
Northwest is a collection of authentic material cooperatively devel-
oped by Indian people from twelve reservations. Development ac-
tivities are guided by a Policy Board which represents the Indian
community of the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest Indian
Reading and Language Development Program Policy Board members
are:

+ Warren Clements — Warm Springs
Chairman

* Morrie Jimenez — Klamath

+ Joan Kennerly — Blackfeet

+ Walter Moffett — Nez Perce

«Emmett Oliver — Quinault

* Bob Parsley — Chippewa

* Lloyd Smith — Warm Springs

* Max Snow

+ Jeanne Thomas — Yakima


EDITH CUSACK

Edith Cusack is a member of the Jamestown Band of the
Clallam Indians and is the Business Manager of the James-
town Clallam Tribal Council. Throughout her professional
career she has been active in many Indian-related organiza-
tions, particularly in the areas of health and education,
which are her greatest concerns. She serves on the Clallam
County Mental Health and Retardation Board and for sev-
eral years has been Chairman of the Johnson O'Malley, Title
IV and Urban/Racial/Disadvantaged Programs in the
Sequim, Washington, schools. She has served as a Board
member and represents the Clallam Tribe in the Small
Tribes of Western Washington Organization. In 1976 she
was one of eight Indians in the United States to receive a
Ford Foundation Fellowship to participate in the American
Indian Educational Leadership Development Program op-
erated by the National Indian Training and Research Cen-
ter. All of these activities keep her on the move, and she
travels about 2,000 miles per month in her work with the
many agencies and organizations with which she is in-
volved. She also is the mother of five children,


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12

While he was asleep, he had a dream.

In his dream he saw people walking along the trail.
They were carrying octopuses.

He thought, “Well, I have nothing to lose.

I might just as well follow these people”