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Every night young men would come to see
Moosehide Robe Woman. They all wanted to marry her.
Moosehide Robe Woman didn’t like most of the young
men. She only cared for two certain men.

One night Moosehide Robe Woman followed the first
man to his tepee. She found that this young man was very
spoiled and mean to his mother.

On another night, she went to the second man’s
tepee. She saw that he was kind to his mother.

Moosehide Robe Woman decided to marry the sec-
ond man. His name was Star Boy.


Pet Crow

Told by Eunice B. Alfrey
Illustrated by LaVern Alfrey



Moosehide Robe Woman

Told by George White Bird
Illustrated by LaVern Alfrey

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After Moosehide Robe Woman and Star Boy were far
away from the camp, they hid in some bushes. Soon the
enemy warriors were near. They looked for Moosehide
Robe Woman and Star Boy but could not find them.

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Moosehide Robe Woman was an only child. Her par-
ents loved her very much. They let Moosehide Robe
Woman do whatever she wanted to do.

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One day, the owl could see that the boy was very sad.
He knew the boy wanted to see his people and family. The
owl and his wife decided to help the boy find his parents.
They told the boy they would show him the way.

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One day the crow returned home with sad news. He
told the chief a great medicine man had put a curse on
him. The crow said a bolt of lightning would kill him.

All of the people were very sad. They knew some-
thing terrible was going to happen.


EUNICE B. ALFREY

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Many years ago, there lived a great chief. One day
when the chief was hunting, he found a crow. The crow
was hurt with a broken wing. The chief took the crow
home and cared for it.





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The owls flew above the boy and helped guide him.
They traveled for three days. When they found the camp,
the boy could not speak to the people. Every time he
talked, the people could not understand him. The boy
drew pictures to show how the owls had found him. The
people saw the pictures and the parents knew the boy was
their own.
Everyone was happy. The boy lived with his family
and tribe for the rest of his life.

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The chief told the bird to spy on people. These people
were enemies of the chief. The crow would go to the
enemies’ camp and learn all their secrets. When the crow
returned home, he would tell the chief all of the secrets.

Soon the chief won many battles. All of the chief’s
enemies were afraid of him.


The following morning Moosehide Robe Woman was
going to tell her parents she wanted to marry Star Boy.
Before she could tell her parents, she was interrupted by
the chief.

The chief told all the young warriors to get ready for
a long journey. The warriors were going to do battle with
their enemies. The next day Star Boy and all the other
young men left the camp.

Moosehide Robe Woman decided to follow Star Boy.

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Sioux Stories and Legends

The Indian Reading Series

Level IV Book 10


Early the next morning the people woke up. The
storm had stopped. The people heard the crow’s lonely cry.
They found the chief’s burned tepee. The chief had been
hit by a lightning bolt.

The people saw that the crow had been burned. They
watched the bird fly away and listened to his lonely cries.

Today, some people say the crow is black because he
was burned long, long ago.


A storm came and the sky became very dark. Rain
fell and thunder and lightning struck everywhere.
People ran and hid in their tepees. Even the chief and crow
hid in their tepee. Everyone was afraid of the storm.


ee! THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
“% Stories and Legends of the Northwest



Booklets available in the Level IV sequence are listed below. Numbers refer to the Planned Bequence of use
in the Thacher’: Manwol. Materials developed by these tribes and otherg in the Northvest are included in

the Levels I, 7 and I sequences.

2. Snail Women at Sq*a'te
The Suquarmish Tribe of the Port Median
Reservation

4. Bine Jay - Star Cilid/Bosket Woman
Muckleshoct Tribe

4. Assiniboine Woman Making Grease
Assiiboloe Tribe of the Fart Peck Reservation

5. Coyote
The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Revervation of Oregon
6. How the Summer Sengon Came
Asainiboine Tribe of the Fart Belknap
Regervetion
7. Litele WeaseP's Dream
Salish and Kootengi Tribes of the Figthead
Revervation
8. Fort Hail Storias
Shophona-Bannock Tribes of the Port Hall
Reservation
9. The Bear Tepre
Northarn Cheyenne Tribe
10. Sious Stories and
Stour Tribe of the Fart Pack Reservation
11. Kootenai Stories
Salish and Kootenai Tribes of tha Flathoad
Regervation

12 Chief Mauntzin’s Medicine
Gros Ventre Triba from the Fort Belknap
Haservation

19. Coyote the Trickster
Burvs Paiute Reservation

14, Running Free
Shoalwatar Bay

15. Satish Coyote Stories
Salleh and Kootanal Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

16. Coyote and the Cowboys
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hail

17. Napis Journey
Blackfeet Tribe
18. Warm Springs Stories
‘The Confsderated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservetion of Oregon
10. Tepee Making
Salish ond Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Regervation
20. Baskets and Canoes
Skokomish Tribe
21. Warelor Peapia
Blackfeet Tribe


When the crow’s wing was better, the bird was
taught to speak. Soon the crow could talk and understand
the language of the tribe. The crow understood everything
the chief told him.

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Many days passed. Because Star Boy and Moosehide
Robe Woman did not return home, everyone thought they
had been killed in battle. Their parents were very sad.

Star Boy and Moosehide Robe Woman took a long
time because many days passed before Star Boy was able
to walk. With the help of Moosehide Robe Woman, Star
Boy used a crutch to travel. Together, they walked back to
their camp.

One night, Star Boy and Moosehide Robe Woman
finally reached their camp. Everyone was surprised and
their parents were very happy.


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Copyright © 1981 by the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation
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Long, long ago Indian people would hunt buffalo.
The peopie would follow the buffalo herds. One of the
Indiar hunters had a wife and a one-year-old son.

One day the hunter’s son became very sick. The
boy’s body shook and shivered, then lay very still. The
mother and father thought their son had died.

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The owls took the boy to their nest. They cared for
the little boy like their own son. The wise old owl taught
the boy lessons every day. As the boy grew up, he learned
many things.

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Mill) THE INDIAN READING SERIES
=." Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Pet Crow
Owl Boy

Moosehide Robe Woman
Level IV Book 10

A Sioux Story

Eunice B. Alfrey, Coordinator
LaVern Alfrey, IJlustrator

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



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When Moosehide Robe Woman followed the war-
riors, she stayed far behind them. When the men finally
saw Moosehide Robe Woman, Star Boy tried to tell her to
return home, but she told Star Boy she wanted to stay
with him. Moosehide Robe Woman didn’t care if it was
dangerous. She said she would hide.

The next morning the warriors found the enemy.
Star Boy’s leg was wounded. He was captured and taken to
the enemy’s camp.

That night, Moosehide Robe Woman followed the
enemy to their camp. She searched and searched for Star
Boy. When Moosehide Robe Woman found Star Boy, she
helped him to escape.


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

+ Clement Azure — Devils Lake Sioux

+ Walter Moffett — Nez Perce

+ Emmett Oliver — Quinault

+ Bob Parsley — Chippewa

* Lloyd Smith — Warm Springs

+ Max Snow

+ Jeanne Thomas — Yakima


Star boy told everyone how brave Moosehide Robe
Woman had been. He told of how she had rescued him from
the enemy’s camp. Everyone was so happy they celebrated
with a feast.

Moosehide Robe Woman and Star Boy lived a long
and happy life.

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Owl Boy

Told by Eunice B. Alfrey
Illustrated by Eunice B. Alfrey



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The little boy’s parents were very sad. They made an
Indian burial platform on top of four poles. They placed
the boy’s body on top of the platform.

After everyone had gone the little boy woke up. He
began to cry. A man owl and his wife were flying nearby.
They heard the boy crying and helped him down.