HENRY REAL BIRD

Henry Real Bird is a Crow Indian who was raised in the
traditional Crow way on the Crow Indian reservation in
Montana. He entered first grade speaking only the Crow
Indian language and has an intimate knowledge of prob-
lems Indian children encounter in the public school system
He received his B.S. in Elementary Education from Mon-
tana State University and has taught reading in all the
elementary grades. He served as Curriculum Coordinator
for Project Head Start, Language Arts Supervisor at St.
Xavier Indian Mission and Summer Program Planner for
4-Hand Youth Programs on the Crow Indian reservation. As
the Teacher Orientation Specialist for the Pacific Northwest
Indian Program, he was responsible for developing a
teacher’s manual and accompanying teaching inservice
program, in addition to writing and illustrating books de-
signed for Indian children. He has served on the Montana
Advisory Committee on Children and Youth and the Crow
Central Education Commission, and was a delegate to the
1971 White House Conference on Youth. He also is a saddle
brone rider and member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys
Association.


The cowboy sits on me and pulls my head.


This story is about a horse named Far Out
and his rodeo life.


Booklets available in the Level I sequence are listed below. Numbers refer to the planned sequence of use as
outlined in the Teacher’s Manual. Materials developed by these tribes and others in the Northwest will

appear in the Levels II and III sequence.

1 Coyote and the Stars
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
2 How Wild Horses Were Captured
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

3 School
Blackfeet Tribe

4 Philene and Buttons
Northern Cheyenne Tribe

5 Insects Off to War
Northern Cheyenne Tribe

6 Why Bluejay Hops
Skokomish Tribe

‘7 Indian Festival

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

8 Helpers
Blackfeet Tribe

9 Far Out, A Rodeo Horse
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

10 Tales of Coyote and Other Legends

The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

11 Birds and People
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

12 Chipmunk Meets Old Witch
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

13 My Name Is Pop
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission
14 Santa Claus Comes to the Reservation
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission
15 How Cottontail Lost His Fingers
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
16 Friends
Blackfeet Tribe
17 How Daylight Came to Be
Skokomish Tribe

18 A Little Boy’s Big Moment
Blackfeet Tribe

19 Skunk
Muckleshoot Tribe

20 Raven Helps the Indians
Skokomish Tribe

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


Finally, with a mighty jump,

I go...way...up in the air

and put my head way down and back.
I put my feet to the side and tip the saddle.
The cowboy goes flying.

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Sometimes at night a calf cries for his mommy.

In the morning and at night we eat hay and oats.
We have water to drink.


Thave lots of friends.
Some are bulls.


My name is Far Out.

I am red, but have a black mane and tail.
Iam a bucking horse.

I try to buck off cowboys.


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I laugh and am happy.
I go back to the corral and talk with my friends.


Some of my friends are calves and steers.
Cowboys rope them at the rodeo.


Far Out,
A Rodeo Horse

The Indian Reading Series



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At the rodeo they put me in a box
with a gate at my side.



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My friend and I eat together.
His name is Bean Belly.


Some of the bulls are mean.
They fight the cowboys and the clown.


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 © 1977 by the Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural Commission
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


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A man opens the gate.

‘io I jump out...way up high...and put my head way down.


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Ijump and kick for the sky.
He is still on my back.


THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Far Out, A Rodeo Horse
Level I Book 9

A Crow Story
Written and illustrated by Henry Real Bird

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-
rs 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


A cowboy puts a halter on my head.
I try to bite him, and he jumps back.
He puts a saddle on my back and pulls it tight.


The man sticks his spurs in my neck.
It tickles.

I hit the ground and put my head back.
The cowboy stays on my back.

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