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Being Indian is:
being proud of your family.

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Being Indian is:

being proud of what you are—Indian.


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Being Indian is:
respecting and helping your elders.


respecting tribal

Being Indian is:

ceremonies.


Being Indian is:
knowing the Great Spirit.


Being Indian is:
knowing the songs of worship
and celebration.



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The Indian Reading Series

Level II Book 19


Being Indian is:
being brave and having courage.


Being Indian is:
being generous and helpful to all in need.

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Being Indian is:
knowing your tribal dances.


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. 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


Being Indian is:
being thankful for

what nature brings.
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Booklets available in the Level II 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 ITI sequences.

1 End of Summer
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

2 Thunder and the Mosquito
Muckleshoot Tribe

3 Why the Codfish Has a Red Face
Skokomish Tribe

4 How Wildcat and Coyote Tricked Each
Other

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

5 Pat Learns About Wild Peppermint
Blackfeet Tribe

6 Picture Writing
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

7 Grandma Rides in the Parade
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

8 The Bob-Tuiled Coyote
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
9 The Great Flood
Skokomish Tribe
10 The Rainbow
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
11 The Time the Whale Came to Jackson’s
Bay
Skokomish Tribe

12 Coyote and the Man Who Sits On Top
Salish Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

13 The Crow
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation

14 Tepee, Sun and Time
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

15 Water Story
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

16 How Birds Learned to Fly
The Fourteen Confederated Tribes
from the Yakima Nation

17 Napi and the Bullberries
Blackfeet Tribe

18 How Cottontail Lost His Tail
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

19 Being Indian Is
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

20 Why Animals and Man Can No
Longer Talk to One Another
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

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


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

Being Indian Is
Level II Book 19

By members of the Warm Springs
Reservation Committee

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

Verbena Greene, Coordinator
Viola Kalama

Stella McKinley

Debbie Smith, //ustrator
Ada Sooksoit

Felix Wallulatum

Wilson Wewa

Illustrated by Debbie Smith

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 mem-
bers 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


Being Indian is:
being kind and understanding.


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.