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JEROME FOURSTAR MADONNA FOURSTAR


The girl ran through the woods as fast as she could. She ran in
the direction the old lady had told her. Soon she came to the creek but
could not cross it because the banks were too steep. The girl didn’t
know what to do.

After thinking for awhile,
she remembered her pet beaver
could gnaw on the tree and cut it
down. The beaver made the tree
fall by his gnawing. The tree
landed across the creek and made
a bridge.

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Long ago monsters roamed the earth and hunted for people to
eat. At that time there lived seven brothers. These brothers lived ina
big tepee far in the forest near a lake.

The brothers shared many things, even cooking and hunting
chores. Whenever the brothers went hunting, one or two remained at
home to take care of the tepee and do the cooking.


Booklets available in the Level V 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, II, III and LV sequences.

. Little Ghost Bull and The Story of Firemaker 11. Winter Months

Northern Cheyenne Tribe Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall

2. A Visit to Taholah and Joseph's Long Journey Reservation
Shoalwater Bay Tribe 12. Coyote Arranges the Seasons

3. Stories From Burns Klamath, Modoc and Paiute Tribes
Burns Paiute Reservation 13. Broken Shoulder

4. Ghost Woman/The Skull Story Gros Ventre Tribe Gf the Fore Relitnsp
Blackfeet Tribe Reservation

® 14. How the Big Dipper and North Star Came To Be

5. The Lone e Tree St i

, Be eae Ete hee aneD ha bad geaourney Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation

. 15. Duckhead Necklace and Indian Love Story

6. Mary Queequeesue's Love Story ia se a 4
Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Assiniboine Tribeof the Fort Belknap
Reservation Resstya tion

16. White Rabbit
Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation

17. How Horses Came to The Gros Ventre/Red Bird's

7. Ghost Stories
Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation

8. A Fishing Excursion

“elas fn Death
Mek es hentTeibe Gros Ventre Tribe from the Fort Belknap
9. Buffalo of the Flatheads Reservation
Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation 18. Stories ofan Indian Boy
Muckleshoot Tribe
10, How Animals Got Their Color

Klamath, Modoc and Paiute Tribes


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attacked the monster. The man
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mountain lions were his pets. He
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After the girl had stayed with the man for many months, he told
her, “You have been away from home for a long time. Your seven
fathers still miss you. They think you are dead. I think it is time for
you to return home.” The man had magic powers and he could turn
himself into an eagle. “I will take you home. While you walk, I will fly
over head and guide you.

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It was sundown when they arrived at the monster’s house. The
monster told the girl to get out of the boat and go inside. The monster
hollered to his grandmother, “Come see what I brought home.”

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When the monster’s grandmother came out, the monster said,
“Look what I brought for us to eat. She is a little on the skinny side. We
will keep her and fatten her up first.” The monster told his grand-
mother to keep an eye on the girl so she would not run away.


Everyone wanted to see the little girl. The youngest brother care
fully took the little girl from behind his pillow and showed his
brothers what she looked like. After seeing the little girl the oldest
brother said, “We will keep her and raise her like our own daughter.”

When the little girl began to
walk, the oldest brother gave her a
beaver for a pet. Soon twelve
moons had passed and the girl had
grown into a teenager.



One day while the youngest
brother was out hunting, he got a buf-
faloberry thorn caught in his hand. No
matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t
get the thorn out. Soon his hand began
to swell and hurt.

The following morning, the youngest brother stayed home while
the rest of the brothers went hunting. His hand still hurt, so he
decided to wash it and see if the thorn would come loose. While he was
washing his hand a little girl popped out instead of the thorn.

He was so surprised! He took the little girl and put her under his
pillow. When his brothers returned, he didn’t tell them what had
happened. Finally, the oldest brother asked about his hand. He told
everyone what had happened.


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The next day, the man changed into an eagle. He stayed with the
girl until they arrived at her home. When the eagle knew the girl was
safe, he flew back to his home and changed back into a man.

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One day while the girl was alone, she heard a voice outside
saying, “I’m cold and hungry.” The girl heard footsteps walking
around the tepee. Thinking there was a real person outside, she
opened the tepee to take a peek.

It was a monster! The monster grabbed her by the wrist and
pulled her outside. “Come on,” the monster said, “I’m taking you home
with me.” The girl told the monster to wait so she could bring her
beaver. The monster yelled, “Hurry and get it. We have a long
way to go.”

The monster took the gir] to the
lake where he had his boat. He pushed
j the girl and her beaver into the boat. The
hi monster took a stick and hit the boat
ryt saying, “All right boat, let’s get going.”
~~ /. Soon the boat was moving across the
=> lake. After awhile the monster again
hit the boat and this time he told the
boat to go faster. The boat went as fast as
it could.



HOW THE BIG DIPPER
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WORTH STAR CAME TOBE

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Level V Book 14



After the monster left the grandmother told the girl, “You must
kill me and cook me instead. When you cook me save my arm. Take a
hatchet and put my arm far in the forest. Then you must leave as
quickly as possible. Run towards the morning sun and you will come
to acreek. You must cross the creek and run along the edge of the
forest. Soon you will come to a house which looks like a tepee, but this
house will be as hard as stone. Knock on the door and someone will
help you.”


“I will sleep outside.” He
made his bed by the door in case
the girl tried to sneak away. She
would wake him up if she tried to
jump over him.

During the next week the monster went hunting for other
people even though he still kept the girl captive. Everytime the
monster returned, he was always empty handed. Finally, one day as
the monster was leaving to go hunting, he told the grandmother, “Kill
the girl. She is fat enough. We will have her for supper.”


During the next six moons the girl learned many things. Before
long the girl knew how to tan hides and make clothes. She even made
a bigger tepee for her seven fathers.

One day the oldest brother told the girl to always be careful
because monsters roamed about looking for people to eat. “The
monsters try to fool people by telling them that they are cold and
hungry. If you hear monsters you must not open the tepee flap, even if
you feel sorry for them,” the oldest brother told the girl.

The girl stayed inside the tepee and continued to do her chores
while the brothers went hunting. The beaver stayed with the girl and
kept her company.


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



Developed by the Pacific Northwest Indian Reading and Language Development Program
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 300 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204
Copyright © 1981 by the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation

All rights reserved.

The work upon which this publication is based was performed pursuant to Contract

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of the National Institute of Education. It does not, however, necessarily reflect the

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Printed and bound in the United States of America


Once the girl crossed the creek, the
beaver followed her. When they
reached the forest, they ran along
the edge. She didn’t know how far
they would have to run. They kept
on going as fast as they could.

When the monster returned home, he hollered to his grand-
mother, “I’m home. Where is my dinner?” The monster saw the pot of
stew boiling on the fire and decided to start eating. Again the monster
called to his grandmother but still she did not answer.

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About this time the girl had
finally reached the big tepee house
which was as hard as stone. She
knocked on the door and asked for
help. Just as the door was being
opened, the girl heard the monster
coming from the woods. “Please
hurry! There is a monster after
me,” the girl cried.

When the door opened the man inside the house saw the mon-
ster too, but the monster reached the girl. “Let the girl go!” the
monster shouted to the man. “She’s mine!”

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=?) THE INDIAN READING SERIES
= Stories and Legends of the Northwest

How the Big Dipper and North Star Came To Be
Level V Book 14

An Assiniboine Story
As Told by Jerome Fourstar

Jerome Fourstar, Coordinator
Madonna Fourstar

Geraldine Clancy

Josephine Tapaha

Illustrated by Joseph Clancy

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:

@ Lloyd Smith-Warm Springs
Chairman

© Clement Azure — Devils Lake Sioux

© Walter Moffett — Nez Perce

e Emmett Oliver — Quinault

© Bob Parsley — Chippewa

@ Helen Redbird — Cherokee

@ Max Snow

e Jeanne Thomas — Warm Springs

@ Bill Yellowtail — Crow


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The girl put the old lady in the pot and began to cook her. She put
a lot of wood in the fire so the pot would boil. Taking the old lady’s arm,
hatchet and her pet beaver, she headed for the woods.

When she was far away, she
put a hatchet in the arm’s hand
and left it under a tree.


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As the monster ate he heard chopping sounds coming from the
woods. The monster thought his grandmother was out chopping more
wood for the fire. The monster called for her to come and eat, but the
chopping sounds continued. After the monster tasted the stew he said,
“This stew smells and tastes like an old lady.” The monster decided to
go look for his grandmother. He began walking toward the chopping
noise.

When he reached the tree
where the girl had left the arm and
hatchet, he saw his grandmother’s
arm. The monster knew the girl
had run away. “I will follow her
because I can smell her scent,” the
monster shouted.