The North Wind, who was powerful,
wanted to be the leader.
All the other Winds said, “No!”

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Sometimes the Sun was very hot.
The Earth would turn brown and dry up.

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The Sun, Moon and Stars lined up the Seasons.


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Story of the Seasons


The Winds help bring Rain, Hail, Snow,
Fog and Clouds to the Earth
at different times of the year.


“Let us make a big circle so everyone will have a voice
and make an equal stand.
We want no beginning or end — just a big, round circle.”

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“You shall decide for us,” said the Seasons.
“How can we be placed in the big circle?
We don’t want to harm anyone.”


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And so it goes.
The Sun is still ruler over all the Seasons.






The Stars are trying to keep Frost from coming too soon.

The Stars work hard to keep the Seasons in order.
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That is the way the Seasons were put in order.
But once in awhile they get out of order.




Long, long ago there were many kinds of Seasons.
They were very much like people.




They changed their rules all the time.


“There shall be four main Seasons in one circle,”
said the Sun.

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The Indian Reading Series

Level III Book 1






Sometimes Frost comes too early,
and you see the Stars moving fast in the sky.

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It might Rain, Hail or Snow in the summertime.

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They had many council meetings.
They would meet together and make many rules.


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Finally, the Sun, Moon and Stars were called
to the big council fire.


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

16 I 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


THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
# Stories and Legends of the Northwest



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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 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 Stcates of America


Everything on the land began to die.
This was not good.

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“People will soon be put on this land.
We must get ready for them.”

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THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Story of the Seasons
Level III Book 1

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

Ada Sooksoit

Felix Wallulatum

Wilson Wewa

Illustrated by Carol Allison

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



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.


The Moon then placed the smaller Seasons
between the big Seasons.


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 Stars had all the Seasons promise
they would never try to leave their places.

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Then the Sun would shine and melt all the Snow away.


“We will make a rule to work together,”

said the Seasons.

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