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Then Crow laughed at Crane.
“Caw, caw, caw,’ he said.
And so he does to this day.



Long ago, when birds were like people,
Crane was very tall and had long legs.



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 III 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


But one day Crow said, “Crane, I bet can jump over you!”



Crane bet that the other birds could not jump over him.



His legs were so long
that he towered over all the other birds.



em THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
4 Stories and Legends of the Northwest





How Birds
Learned to Fly

The Indian Reading Series

Level II Book 16



For the fifth time Crow said, “I bet I can jump over you!”
And he did!



Ay
anv

“T bet you can’t!” said Crane.
This went on and on.



Crane knew he was tall and that Crow, Swallow and
Hummingbird were too short.



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 Fourteen Confederated Tribes from the Yakima Nation
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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This is why, the Yakimas say, birds can fly.

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THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

How Birds Learned to Fly
Level II Book 16

By members of the Yakima Reservation
Curriculum Development Committee

Dolores Buck
Tony Colwash
Florence Haggerty
Bernice Jim

Sam Jim

Lena Owens
Elmer Schuster
Leona Smartlowit
R. A. Swanson
Beverly Tallman
Jeanne Thomas

Written by Tony Colwash, Bernice Jim, Sam Jim
Illustrated by Beverly Tallman

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




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But Crane did not know that Crow had been given
the power to fly.

“Caw, caw, caw!”

Crow had used this power to fly over Crane.