JOMNNY ARLEE

Jobony Ariee was burn in St. iunatius, Montana, ua the
Flathead Indinn Reservation, and was raised by bis great
geandparents ty Arlee He attended the Villa Trsuline
Academy and Chemawa Indian School and served in the
7S. Army for almost five years. In 1971 he was asked to
serve as Flathead cultural advisor in the production of the
movie.Jeremiah Johnson and also pluyed a amull role in the
film. In 1972 he began to teach young people drumming and
sbrazinigs and lectured of Tadian culture in the public schonls
He also begun to luke an active role ss 2 prayer leader wt
wakos and famerals, and friends and neighbors begun to ask
him for social and spiritual advice Tn 1074 the tribe hired
him us @ consultant ly represent the Coulederated Tribes
and ta continue working with young people and helping ut
wakes Th 1975 he wae appointed to direct a tribally funded
culture program which was designed to record and gsther
historieal, cultural and linguistic information about the
Salish and Peo dOreille trikes and to develop materials for
education and informational uses. He is married and hay
four children


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YaYa said the Man Who Sits On Top told Fox,
Coyote’s brother, to help Coyote.


A long, long time ago,
my YaYa told me something.


Booklets available in the Level II 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 ITI 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


14

At night when you hear Coyote bark,
he is talking to you.

He says to sleep well.

He says he will watch over you.


But the Man Who Sits On Top wanted us to be good.
He wanted us to have a helper.


He made some big, tall people.
He taught them all good things.
Ya Ya said the people were good for a long time.


She said that a long, long time ago,
the Man Who Sits On Top made the earth.


This is what my Ya Ya told me —
by the fire —
when I was a little girl —
many winters ago.

15


Then the Man Who Sits On Top made all of us.
He mixed us up with different colors,
like the leaves of autumn.
Some of us are Indians.
Some are white people.
Some are black people.
YaYa said we are all beautiful, different colors.


Coyote and the
Man Who Sits On Top

The Indian Reading Series |

Level II Book 12


Ya Ya told me that the Man Who Sits On Top
picked Coyote from all the animals.
Coyote would be the helper.


Someone to help us find food.
Someone to help us hunt.

Someone to keep us safe.

Someone to help us do good things.


Then they became bad and started to fight.
They would fight and steal from each other.
So, the Man Who Sits On Top got rid of the bad people.


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, 710 Southwest Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204

Copyri ght ©1978 by the Salish Cultural Committee, designated as the representatives
of The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
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


If Coyote were hurt, Fox would help him.
Fox would jump over Coyote three times.
Then Coyote would be well again.

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The Man Who Sits On Top made Coyote to be our helper.
When you see Coyote on the mountain trail,
wave to him.

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Fe THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
= Stories and Legends of the Northwest

Coyote and the Man Who Sits On Top
Level II Book 12

Developed by the Salish (Flathead) Cultural Committee
of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Johnny Arlee, Coordinator
Mary Finley, deceased
Tony Incashola

Mary Linsebigler

Tony Sandoval, Illustrator
Clarence Woodcock

‘Told by Johnny Arlee
Illustrated by Tony Sandoval
Compiled by Shirley Torgerson

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 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


He would help us find food.

He would help us hunt.

He would help keep us safe.

He would help us do good things.


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Coyote would say, “Oh, what a long sleep I’ve had!
Oh, what a good rest!”