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Old Fox said slyly, “Let us pretend to be friends
and secretly rob their corn fields at night
while they sleep.”


10

Jealous Wolf spoke first.

“The Indian people are our enemies,’ he growled.
“Let us rush into the village and kill them!”
Panther wanted to kill the Indian people, too.


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Then Dog spoke up bravely.
“Man has always helped us.
If war comes, I will go with man”
The animals argued and talked louder and louder.
They talked so loudly that their voices
reached the ears of the Great Spirit.
The heart of the Great Spirit was very sad.


A long time ago the animals and man could talk
to one another.
This story tells why this is no longer true today.




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“No, said Beaver.

“We could wait until the winter moon comes
and then tear down their houses at night.

Then they will freeze”


Horse taught them how to run swiftly.

Fox taught them how to enjoy life and be able to laugh
at themselves.

After the Indian people learned
all the ways of the animals,
the animals became very frightened.

They were afraid that the Indian people would no longer
need their help and would try to make slaves
of the animals.


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.





Many winters ago, the animals and the Indian people
could talk to each other.

They worked and played together in peace and happiness.

They sat together at council fires.

The animals taught the Indian people many useful lessons.








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One harvest moon when all the Indian people were sleeping,
the animals broke the rules of friendship.
Secretly they called a great council fire.




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



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


Otter showed the Indian people
how to catch fish called Pike.

Beaver told them how to build homes that would
keep them warm and dry.

From Bear and Wolf, the Indian people learned
how to follow the forest trails.

Panther showed the people where to hide.


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“Men and animals have always been brothers,” said Horse.

“We must not hurt them now.

Why not invite them berry picking and lead them so far away
that they will get lost and never come back.


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The Great Spirit said, “Horse remembered old friendships
so he will still be able to understand man,
but he will not be able to talk with him.
Dog has also broken the law of the council fire,
but because of his friendship to man,
he will always be welcome in the homes of man
and will guard man’s children”

And this is why, say the Indian people,
that animals cannot talk today.

But Horse and Dog can understand every word man says,
even though they cannot answer.


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 Steates of America




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THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Why Animals and Man Can No Longer Talk to One Another
Level IT Book 20

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 Carol Allison

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



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The Great Spirit spoke to the animals.

“You have broken the friendship of the council fires.

As a punishment, you can never again speak with man
as you would a brother.

Because of his heartless plan, Beaver will be hunted
for his fur to keep man warm.

Traps and snares will be set for Fox and Wolf.

Panther will be an enemy and will be killed
by the Indian people”


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 Bear had another idea.
He wanted to challenge the Indian people to an open war.