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A saddle bronc came out of the chute.

The rider spurred the horse in the shoulder.
The horse jumped and jumped.

But the boy stayed on.


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We saw the bronc riders.

We saw a boy getting his saddle ready.

The horses were many colors.

There were buckskins, sorrels, paints, blacks and bays.


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The tepee we returned to, after the rodeo.
When the sun went down we watched the dance.
After three days, the powwow and rodeo were over.
The summer was over too,

and I was ready to go to school.


This story is about the thoughts running through
a little Crow Indian boy’s mind the night before
the first day of school. He thinks of the good summer
he has had, ending with the Crow Fair.

Now it’s time to go back to school, and he’s
wondering about tomorrow. Have you done this?

This story was told in the Crow Indian language
and written in English. So, at times the sequence
of the words in some of the sentences may sound
different.


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We saw the races and it was fun.
My brother had a green shirt and rode a white horse.
He won the race.


The village caller came early.
It was still dark.
He said, “This day, Crow people,
we will spend together and be good at heart.
First we will have a parade, then a race and a rodeo.
When the sun goes down and darkness covers us, we will dance.
Three days we will do this.
Get up!”


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 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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It is fun to be in school again.

Some of my friends look different.

I'm going to make new friends, too.

We will have a race around the school.
This year will be even better than last!




During the summer, Grandfather and I went to the mountains.

Tepee poles, we went to get.
We had to peel the bark from the poles.
Then we were ready for the powwow.


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We saw the parade.

There were many horses.

The sun was hot.

After the parade, we rode our horses to the fairgrounds.




HENRY REAL BIRD

Henry Real Rird is a Crow Indian who was raised in the
trudiliundl Crow way on the Crow Tndian reseration in
Montana. Tic entered first grade speaking unly Lae Crow
Tadian language and has an intimate knowledge of prob.

Jems Indian children encounter in Ube public schuul system

Te received his TLS. in Riementary Edueation from Mon

tana Stale University and bis lauded rewding in all the
elementary grades. He served as Curriculum Cuurdiaslor
fur Project Head Start, Language Arts Superviser at St.
Xavier Indian Mission and Summer Program Planer for
4-F and Youth Programs on the Crow Indinn reservation. As
the Teacher Orientation Specialict fer the Pacific Northwest
Indian Progrom, he was responsible for develuping a
teacher's manual and aceampanying tenching inservice
prngram, in addilia to writin: aud Mustrating books de-
signed for Tadian children, Te has served on the Montana
Advisory Committee un Children aad Youth acd the Crow
Central Fdneation Commission, ind wiss a delugate to Use
1971 While House Cynference on Youth Te also is a saddio
brane rider and member af the Prifessional Kode Cuwhoys
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At the campgrounds,

we put up the tepee and made a leaf shade.
At night the doorway singers came

and sang some songs.
My mother gave them some tobacco, and they left.
When people do something good for you,

you give them something in return.


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Then the bulls were put in the chutes.

The boys put ropes with bells on the bulls.

A funny clown rolled his barrel into the arena.
A fast-jumping bull bucked off the boy.


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I was the first to wake up.

Soon it was time to go.

The big, yellow bus came down the road.
I sat in the last seat.

My friend sat with me.


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. 40-76-0048, 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


JALENG


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THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
Stories and Legends of the Northwest

End of Summer
Level IT Book 1

A Crow Story
Written and illustrated by Henry Real Bird

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



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Before the first day of school, I was so happy I couldn’t sleep.
I wanted to put on my new clothes.
I wondered what the new teacher would be like.


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


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The rodeo started with bareback riding.
A horse and rider came out of the chute.
The horse jumped way up in the air.
Soon the rider flew over the horse’s head.