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lies

A forked tongue indicates talking two directions at once.


treaty

A treaty among the Indian people
was a very sacred agreement.

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Thursday

Three days before Sunday.

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exchange, sell, trade


10

you, him, her


20

tree, forest


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dream

Dream lines are rising from the head
of the sleeping person.


Picture Writing

Picture writing expresses thoughts and events
through drawings or pictures.

American Indians used pictures for writing their legends,
dreams, and family and tribal history.

Some of the drawings are very old,
and others are more modern.

Some of the drawings stand for more than one word.

Our people made colors from earth, grass, plants,
flowers and herbs.

They dried most of the plants.

When they were ready to use them, the plants were crushed
and mixed with water.

The Indians drew on used hides, tree bark and the ground.


Tuesday

Two days after Sunday.


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generous, big-hearted

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go away, leave

Footprints show that someone is leaving the tepee.

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happiness

A happy person’s heart is where it belongs.

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Wednesday

Three days after Sunday.


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powerful talk

The dots along the lines emphasized powerful words.


travel

Many Indian people used a travois when they traveled.
Dogs and horses pulled the travois which was made
out of hides tied to two poles.


scan

The line below the man represents the trail.
The broken line indicates that he is keeping his eye
on the trail.

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across the mountain

The arrow indicates crossing over the mountain.

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Picture Writing

The Indian Reading Series

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Level II Book 6


VERBENA GREENE

Verbena Greete, a member of the Canfederated Tyihes of
Warm Springs, Oregon, is the mother uf eizht children. She
attended Warm Springs Boarding Schoo! until tbe Lh
grade and later earned ber G-E.D. She has served as Toca!
Coordinator for Ue Warm Springs Curriculum Develop-
ment Committee and wae the Trihal Education Program
Liaison for more than seven years. She presently is serving
as Culture Resource Person for the Tribes, providiay clave
room cultural instruction Uegends, values, songs, ete) on a
consultant basis to achools and community cullezes, She
enjoys working wilh young people and is pleised Ubuel stu-
dents are now forming culture clubs snd holding powwows
in the schiwel environment.

NITA CURTIS

Nita Curtis was born and raised in Mortlund, Oregun, and
for the past (0 yeurs bax lived and taught on the Warm
Springs Reservation in Central Oregua. She has heen in

terested in urt fir about 15 years and uses several media,
including watercolor, acrylics, und pen and inke. For the pases
five years she has been sneressfully exhibiting and selling
her work. In addition tv participating i the development of
the Warm Springs materials for Tbe ladian Reading Sories,
she bas wurked with two other Indian curriculum prujects

inelading a fifth. grade, sociul eLuidies program funded by the
Denner Foundation and a federally funded program in
Brigham City, Utah


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sisters


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catch, take


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before

after


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

the Levels I and III sequences.

1 End of Summer
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

2 Thunder and the Mosquito
Muckleshoot Tribe

3 Why the Codfish Has a Red Face
Skokomish Tribe

4 How Wildcat and Coyote Tricked Each
Other
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

5 Pat Learns About Wild Peppermint
Blackfeet Tribe

6 Picture Writing
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
7 Grandma Rides in the Parade
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

8 The Bob-Tuiled Coyote
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
9 The Great Flood
Skokomish Tribe
10 The Rainbow
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
11 The Time the Whale Came to Jackson’s

Bay
Skokomish Tribe

12 Coyote and the Man Who Sits On Top
Salish Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

13 The Crow
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation

14 Tepee, Sun and Time
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

15 Water Story
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

16 How Birds Learned to Fly
The Fourteen Confederated Tribes
from the Yakima Nation

17 Napi and the Bullberries
Blackfeet Tribe
18 How Cottontail Lost His Tail
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
19 Being Indian Is
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
20 Why Animals and Man Can No
Longer Talk to One Another

The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

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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council fire

The circle and lines represent the people seated
around the fire.

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sadness, sorrow

Asad person’s heart is on the ground.


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Saturday

One day before Sunday.
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wampum

Wampum beads were made from shell and bone.
Wampum was used as money and for trading by some Indians.


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arrive, return

Footprints show that someone is going toward the tepee.


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 Oregor
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


offer, give

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poor

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we, us, they

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man alone

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THE INDLAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Picture Writing
Level II Book 6

By members of the Warm Springe
Reservation Committee

Caro] Allivon, Hfustrator
Nita Curtis, Conauteant
William Frank, filzstrator
Rena Greene

Verbena Greene, Coordinator
Vielu Kula

Atla Sooksai
Felix Wallulatum
Wilson Wewa

Dlustruted by Nita Curtis

Joseph Coburn, Director
Pacific Northwest Indian Progra
Northwest. Regional Educational Laboratory



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Friday

Two days before Sunday.


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mountains


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


‘cat THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
=5"% Stories and Legends of the Northwest





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