At last Wild Horse was ahead of Buffalo.

The finish line was just ahead.

With his last breath, Wild Horse leaped over the finish line
and won the race!

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10

Chief Bear said, “The two of you shall run a race.”
The race took place the next night,
when all the world was asleep.
The moon shone brightly to make light.
Every tree was excited.
All the birds of the air stood about to witness the race,
and they were excited.


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


A long time before our grandfathers were born,
all the animals of the forest and prairie

and all the birds of the air
held a big council meeting.




Booklets available in the Level HI 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 | and II sequences.

1 Story of the Seasons
The Confederated ‘lribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
2 The Beginning of the Karth
‘The Confederated Tries of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
3 The Blocktail Dance
Blackfeet Tribe
4 Mow Marten Got His Spots
Kootenai Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the llathead
Reservation
5 Lost in the Fou
Jamestown-Clallam ‘lribe
6 How to Bea Friend
The Confederated 'Ivibes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
7 How the Morning and Evening Stars
Came to Be
Assiniboine und Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation
8 Racvoon’s Black Eyes and Ringed Tail
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation
9 Coyote and Old Lady
Shoshone-Bannock ‘lribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation
10 Coyote and Trout
Kootenai Cuttural Committee of
The Confederuted Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of tee Flathead
Reservation

U1 How the Milky Way Gol into the Sky
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

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

1} Medicine Horse
Shoshone-Hannock ‘Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

14 The Good Hunter and Fisherman
damestown-Clallam Tribe

15 The Wild Buffalo Ride
Blackfeet ‘Lribe

161 Ama Rock
Crow Tribal Iistorical and Cultural

17 The Man Who Loved Shell Money
Skokomish Tribe

18 Old Man Napi
Blackteet 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 Sali
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

Por order information and prices of the above booklets and the Teacher's Manwal, contact the publisher:

Educational Systems, [ne
2460 Southwest 170th Street
Reaverton, Oregon 97005

(503) 649-7516


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By midnight, Wild Horse was gaining on Buffalo.

The little horse galloped closer and closer.
His pretty mane and tail looked like wings.
All the animals and birds cheered them on.
They said they would cheer whoever won.
The racers were neck and neck

as the dust rose higher and higher.


After puffing on his pipe, Eagle stood up to speak.

“I can travel swiftly too.

Ican go so fast that I keep the wind under my wings
as I beat a pathway across the sky.

He cannot escape me.

Tam the wind.”

Soon all the animals and birds began to talk at once.

They talked loudly.

The air was shaking with their voices.

No one heard what the others were saying.




They built a big fire and made the flames
go as high as the trees.

All the animals seated themselves in a circle
around the fire.

They started talking about who could make
the greatest speed when traveling.


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HOW THE MILKY WAY
GOT INTO THE SKY

The Indian Reading Series

Level III Book 11


8

Finally, the big fire began to die.

Everyone was worn out from talking too much.

But Wild Horse and Buffalo began the argument
all over again.

“My hooves are the greatest and can make
the grass blades tremble,” said Buffalo.




Puffing on his long pipe, Fox stood up and said,
“I can run so swiftly that every bush and wildflower
bow down as I pass.

They think I am their ruler, the wind.

Ican travel so fast that the wind goes to rest
in his lodge behind the heavens.”


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The smoke-like dust the racers stirred up
went into the sky and remained there.
Today the people call it the Milky Way.


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




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

How the Milky Way Got into the Sky
Level HI Book 11

By members of the Warm Springs
Reservation Committee

Carol Allison, J/lustrator
Nita Curtis, Consultant
William Frank, //ustrator
Rena Greene

Verbena Greene, Coordinator
Viola Kalama

Stella McKinley

Ada Sooksoit

Wilson Wewa

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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“My hooves are even faster,” said Wild Horse.
“When I run, my mane is more beautiful than yours.
It waves like prairie grass in the wind.”

“When I run,” said Buffalo, “I travel so fast
no one can see my mane in the wind.”


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The race was on!

At first, Buffalo took the lead.

He lowered his head and made snorting noises
like a thousand bullfrogs.

He blinded Wild Horse with his dust.