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After Coyote tied the naughty raccoon,
he went after the other one.
He tied him up too.

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Long ago, raccoons lived by a stream
near the great Snake River.



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Raccoons still look that way today.
And they always wash themselves and their food
before they eat.



He decided to say hello to them.
Coyote’s charm was beyond belief.
The two raccoons couldn’t believe their eyes and ears.



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Raccoon children never had fear of anything

They were always daring each other.



The mother raccoons told all their children
not to go near mean Coyote’s house.



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

(603) 649-7516


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Coyote overheard the two raccoons.



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Coyote pulled out his black, shiny rope
and did some rope tricks.

He told the raccoons he would teach both of them
how to rope.

They didn’t know that the rope had sticky, black,
soot-like gum on it.



Coyote invited them into his home.
The two raccoons were amazed
at all the pretty things Coyote had.



One day, the naughty (kay-sho-und) raccoon
told the good (zund) raccoon
to go into Coyote’s (Isa-peh’s) house.

They were both curious as to what Coyote’s house
looked like on the inside.

They had heard stories about his mean nature.



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 Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
Allrights reserved.

The work upon which this publication is based was performed pursuant to Contract
No. 400-76-0048, 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


Both raccoons were yelling and screaming.

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The mothers tried to wash all the black, sticky gum

off the children’s eyes and tails, but they couldn't.
The two raccoons never forgot their frightening experience.
The gummy film on their eyes and tails never came off.
They always felt dirty.

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ll) THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Raccoon’s Black Eyes and Ringed Tail
Level III Book 8

By members of the Fort Hall
Reservation Committee

Fredrick Auck, Illustrator
Maxine Edmo, Coordinator
Inez Evening

Charlene Farmer

Cora George, Consultant
Lillie Little, Consultant
Alene Menta

Evelyn Teton, Illustrator
Mary Washakie

Illustrated by Fredrick Auck

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


Coyote roped the naughty raccoon first.
The rope wrapped around his tail and around his eyes.



The mother raccoons ran to rescue their two raccoon children.
Coyote couldn’t fight both of them,
so he released the two children.

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