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When + returned, the Creator was finished.
The next night the other sparks tried to get into the sky,
but they could not jump high enough.

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Long ago there was a great flood.
This land was all ~~~~ except for one small island.
On this island lived old Sage Hen in a tule mat house.

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Booklets available in the Level ITI sequence are listed below. Numbers refer to the planned sequence of use
in the Teacher’s Manual. Materials developed by these tribes and others in the Northwest are included in

the Levels I and II sequences.

1 Story of the Seasons
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

2 The Beginning of the Earth
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
3 The Blacktail Dance
Blackfeet Tribe

4 How Marten Got His Spots
Kootenai Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

5 Lost in the Fog
Jamestown-Clallam Tribe

6 How to Be a Friend
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

7 How the Morning and Evening Stars
Came to Be
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation

8 Raccoon’s Black Eyes and Ringed Tail
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

9 Coyote and Old Lady
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

10 Coyote and Trout

Kootenai Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

11 How the Milky Way Got into the Sky
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

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

13 Medicine Horse
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

14 The Good Hunter and Fisherman
Jamestown-Clallam Tribe

15 The Wild Buffalo Ride
Blackfeet Tribe

161 Ama Rock
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

17 The Man Who Loved Shell Money
Skokomish Tribe

18 Old Man Napi
Blackfeet Tribe

19 The Turtle Who Went to War
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation

20 Coyote and the Mean Mountain Sheep
Salish Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

For order information and prices of the above booklets and the Teacher’s Manual, contact the publisher:

Educational Systems, Inc.
2360 Southwest 170th Street
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

(503) 649-7516


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The Indian Doctor told his 4 f
that a bigger and brighter light was coming.
After awhile re came out of the ~~~ -
It was made from W ’s reflection. Dye

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When WY was going up into the sky he said,
“It is too bad the flood left my 44
without anything to eat.
They are going to starve!” Mm

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One day a spark jumped out of Sage Hen’s fire
and went into the sky and stayed there.
The spark became a yy.

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THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
% Stories and Legends of the Northwest


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After the 44 came, they sang songs for light.
The Indian Doctor of the looked into the ~~~
and saw the reflection of zy in the sky.

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With the light W left to shine on the water,
came the J .
) and & watched while the 44 rested.

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One day > got very hot while working,
so he asked Y if he could go back to the ~~~-
yxy agreed, but he told aoa to come back every day.

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Then YY said, “So my people won’t starve,
I shall give them the K , antelope,
elk and all other kinds of animals”

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Developed by the Pacific Northwest Indian Reading and Language Development Program
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 710 Southwest Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204

Copyright ©1978 by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
All rights reserved.

The work upon which this publication is based was performed pursuant to Contract
No. 40-76-0048, with the Educational Equity Group/Multicultural/Bilingual Division
of the National Institute of Education. It does not, however, necessarily reflect the
views of that agency.

This publication is not printed at the expense of the Federal Government.
Published by Educational Systems, Inc., 2360 Southwest 170th Street, Beaverton, Oregon 97005
Printed and bound in the United States of America


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With the coming of ~~ , the land dried
and the moved out upon the land.
All the animals began to roam about too.

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VERBENA GREENE

Verbena Greene, a member of the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs, Oregon, is the mother of eight children. She
attended Warm Springs Boarding School until the 11th
grade and later earned her G.E.D. She has served as Local
Coordinator for the Warm Springs Curriculum Develop-
ment Committee and was the Tribal Education Program
Liaison for more than seven years. She presently is serving
as Culture Resource Person for the Tribes, providing class-
room cultural instruction (legends, values, songs, etc.) on a
consultant basis to schools and community colleges. She
enjoys working with young people and is pleased that stu-
dents are now forming culture clubs and holding powwows
in the school environment.

CAROL ALLISON

Carol Allison has been closely associated with the Warm
Springs Tribes for 16 years. She works in several different
media, including water colors, cloth painting (shawls,
skirts) and cartooning. In addition to writing and illustrat
ing children’s books, she has worked with Warm Springs
committees writing down tribal history and culture.


THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

The Beginning of the Earth

(Paiute Version)
Level III Book 2

By members of the Warm Springs
Reservation Committee

Carol Allison, Illustrator
Nita Curtis, Consultant
William Frank, Illustrator
Rena Greene

Verbena Greene, Coordinator
Viola Kalama

Isabelle Keo

Matilda Mitchell

Stella McKinley

Debbie Smith, J//ustrator
Ada Sooksoit

Christine Tom

Felix Wallulatum

Wilson Wewa

Illustrated by Carol Allison

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



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


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Since XY was the only W,
he asked the Creator to make others
to dance by his side.

So while the slept, he created more W zy
from the sparks of their fires.

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When night came they stopped.

It became too dark to see any further.

And that is why the 44 and the animals
are where they are today.

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