“When the heat finally gets to the mountains,
the ice and snow turn into water.

All of this water rushes down to the valleys.

This water is our second flood.

You can ride your horse while it swims across the river
at this time, because there is no ice.”

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“In the winter the water clouds drop light, white snow.
It is pretty when the ground and some of the animals

are white.
But the magpie never changes his clothes.”


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


This story is about the mystery of water — that
wherever water goes, there is life. It tells about a
boy who is taught to respect the water by
throwing food into the river for water animals to
eat. It also tells how water changes through the
four seasons.


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HAN fan NAIM ALY it rH ANA

“The more water you have, the stronger you are.
Horses have a lot of water in them.
That is why they are so strong.
Water is the greatest thing in the world.
Wherever water goes, there is life.

16 So take care of it”


HENRY REAL BIRD

Henry Real Rird is a Crow Indian who was raised in the
(ruditiuel Crow way on the Crow Todian reservation in
Montana. Me entered first grade speaking unly Ube Crow
Ludiaa language and has an intimate knowledge of prob.
tems Indian children encounter in Lie public schuvl system.
The received his TS. in Rlomentary Edueation from Mon
lana Slate Universily and bas laucht revding io all the
elementary grades. He served as Curriculum Courdiastor
fur 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 Specialiet fur the Pacific Northwest
Indian Program, he was responsible for developing a
teacher's manual and accompanying tenching inservice
program, in addition Lo writing amd lustrating bovks de-
signed for Tndian children. Te has served on the Montana
Advisory Commillee on Children and Youth aud the Crow
Central Fduentioan Commission, und was # delegate to the
1971 While Howe Conference on Youth, He also is a saddle
brane rider and member af the Professional Hodew Cowboys
Assuciation



“When all the leaves and flowers have come out,
the water clouds drop water and tell the berries,
potatoes, tomatoes and watermelons to come out.
Remember when the chokecherry trees
were heavy with berries, and you ate them?”


“When the water flows down,
it is a stream, creek, brook or river.
But when it can’t flow, it is a puddle, pond, lake or ocean.
Fish, frogs, turtles and beavers live in the water.
We play with it, in it and on it.”


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I would take some meat, fat and bones
to feed the water people.
I would say, “River, watch me.
Iam going to swim again.
Here are some meat, fat and bones for you”
I would throw the food into the river and watch it sink.


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Water has much mystery.
When I was a boy my grandmother would say,
“Jack, you must feed the river before you swim.
When you feed the river,
the water people will watch over you.
Then you will not drown or get hurt.”



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“Water has much mystery.

It changes with the temperature.
In the spring and summer there is rain water.
Sometimes it comes from the clouds

in white, hard, rain balls called hail.

14 The rain helps living things to grow, but the hail kills them”


My grandfather used to say,
“It is good that you feed the river.
It will watch over you, and you will be safe.
Water has much mystery.
It comes out of this great ground
and blinds us when it becomes a cloud.”


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=5"% Stories and Legends of the Northwest



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Water Story W,

The Indian Reading Series

Level IT Book 15


“Water has much mystery.

When your grandmother heats water to boil the meat,
it dances on top.

When the water gets too hot,
it jumps out and becomes steam.

Like the clouds, it does not have a body.
but it has a shadow.”


“Everything alive has water in it — snakes, birds,
trees, apples, oranges, flowers, dogs and you.

Wherever water goes, there is life.

When a tree or deer does not have water, it will die.”


Thad so much fun swimming.
The water was fresh and clean.
It tasted so good.


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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 © 1978 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


“When the sun’s road in the sky is higher and longer,
it becomes warmer.

With the warmth, the snow turns into water
and flows to a lower level.

The hills with just the drifts of snow
look like a brown and white painted horse”

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_——

“

“The ice on the banks is the last remains of winter.
The water goes into the ground.
It tells the flowers, grass and leaves
to come out and put color back into the world.
The geese, meadowlarks, robins and ducks also return.”


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

Water Story
Level II Book 15

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 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


“In the fall, when the sun’s road across the sky is short,
the days become colder.
The world turns into fall, then winter.
When the leaves feel the cold, they turn yellow
and jump to the ground before the snow comes.
Remember when you slipped on the first ice?”


“The muddy water then gets in the river,
breaks and pushes the ice.

It leaves some of the water on the river banks.

This is the first flood.

The water is so strong, it moves big trees.

It moves everything that is in the way.’

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