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The boy told his people about the visit from the little man
and the strange animal.

Years later, when the boy had become an old man,
his people found herds of the same kind of animal
he had seen years before.



The young Indian boy watched.

An animal the boy had never seen before
came from the smoke.

The great and beautiful animal stood there,
magnificent and powerful.

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Shoshone horsemen say that the Indian Medicine Horse,
with its short, almost hairless tail,
makes a fine Indian pony.



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Booklets available in the Level III 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

(503) 649-7516


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He took him close to the boy’s camp before pulling him
from the animal’s back.

The dogs had begun howling and whining,
so the dwarf-like man left quickly.



In the early hours of the morning on the third day,
he felt the nearness of someone.
He looked up and saw the image of the Nin-num-bee.



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Long ago, our people lived along the foothills
of the great Continental Divide.

This was before the horse had come as a great friend
of our people.

Our people, Ne-wah as the Shoshone called themselves,
had many strange friends.

One of these friends was a dwarf-like man
called Nin-num-bee.

It was said that when you passed through the mountains,
it was a very good idea to leave him a gift
so that bad luck would not come to you.







Medicine
Horse

The Indian Reading Series



He remained quiet and gave the little man
his cherished hunting knife.

The Nin-num-bee took the knife
and cut off a piece of his hair.

He took the soft feathers from the eagle
who sat upon the cliffs edge,

and gathered several handfuls of crushed cedar.
He then built a fire and made his medicine.



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Once long ago, a young boy went into the mountains.
He fell and was hurt, which made it impossible

to get back to his people’s camp.
He suffered quietly.



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This is why our people have been great horsemen,
and why our people have always said,
“Tt is good to place the feathers of the great eagle
among the hairs of the Medicine Horse’s short tail”

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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
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




The Nin-num-bee then placed the boy onto the animal
and led him out of the mountains.

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THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Medicine Horse
Level III Book 13

By members of the Fort Hall
Reservation Committee

Fredrick Auck, J/lustrator
Maxine Edmo, Coordinator
Inez Evening

Charlene Farmer

Cora George, Consultant
Lillie Little, Consultant
Alene Menta

Evelyn Teton, I/lustrator
Mary Washakie

Illustrated by Evelyn Teton

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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The little dwarf then picked up the eagle feathers
and tied them to the tail of the animal.
He spoke to the animal, but never to the boy.

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