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 snow will become water one day,’
said the old can.



My Name Is Pop is the life story of a pop bottle.
Pop tells about when he is full of sweet drink,
when he is empty along the side of a road,
and when he is finally picked up

and filled all over again.


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

For order information and prices of the above booklets and the Teacher’s Manual, contact the publisher:

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

Educational Systems, Inc.
2360 Southwest 170th Street
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

(503) 649-7516


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They wash us with soap and water.
It feels good to be clean.
We look new.

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The boy throws me out of the car.
I fall into the grass and stop rolling.
I wonder where I am.



Tam ina truck.

It is moving fast.

Sometimes we stop, and they take off
some of my friends.



Iam a pop bottle.

Ihave many friends.

I am full of sweet drink.
People like me when I am cold.



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They fill me with pop.

I wonder where I will go this time.

Will it be to a store in a city, or to a country store
like the one in Garryowen, Montana?



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A little boy buys me.
He takes off the lid and drinks from me.
Now I am empty.



My Name Is Pop

The Indian Reading Series



[hear cars going by.
One day a mowing machine goes over us.



Next to me is an old can.
“If someone finds you, they can put more pop in you.
And if someone finds me,

they can make me into another can”

said the old can.



Post
Garry owen Mercantile Office
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They take me off at the Garryowen Store.
A man puts me in a machine.
It is cold.



Fe ) 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

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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Now the ground is warm again.

The sun is bright.

The old can said,
“Sometimes people come to pick up
bottles and cans”



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Now Iam ina truck.
The driver takes in empty boxes.

He brings out full boxes of empty bottles.
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nN) THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
% Stories and Legends of the Northwest

My Name Is Pop

Level I Book 13

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-
bers 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


Now the grass is brown.

The wind blows hard.

“The snow will be falling soon; said the old can.
“It will be cold”

I can see leaves rolling by.

The birds are going south, where there is no snow.
Now we are covered with snow.



One day I hear a lot of footsteps.
Some children pick me up.

They take me back to the store.

They have many other empty bottles.

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