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When the sun appears and the door is open,
the first sunlight hits the number five pole.



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Each day the sunset slowly moves
toward the number five pole.
Before it gets to the number five pole,
the first flood comes and breaks the winter ice.



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



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.


With each day, the sunset moves back
toward the number five pole.
This is the time to make dry meat
and to tan hides for tepees and clothes.
Little boys stand guard
and practice shooting magpies.

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When the sun sets at the number five pole,
the days and nights are equal.
This day is March 21.

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During the year the sunset moves around the tepee.

When it is winter, the sun sets
at the number two pole.
This is the shortest day of the year, December 21.
This is the time for story telling
and playing stick or hand games.
Pemmican is made at this time.

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When the nights become cooler,
the chokecherries become ripe.

They are crushed and dried to save
for the coming winter.







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The tepee is the home, respect it.

It is your place.

When something is bothering you,
that is where you can go.





Today we still pitch tepees
like in the old times.
To make the tepee base,
four poles are tied together
and spread apart.
Each pole leans on the other poles.
The tepee material is tied to a fifth pole
which is directly across from the door.
These five poles are important.

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In the old days the Indians didn’t have
a tick tock tin clock
or a flip flop paper calendar
to tell time.



Don’t throw things on the tepee.

Don’t burn the tepee poles
or the tepee materials.

When you are inside, don’t run and jump
all over the place.

The tepee is your home, care for it.

The tepee is your home, respect it.



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



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About this time, the leaves get as big
as they are going to get.
The snapping turtle babies have their eyes.



The sun finally sets at the number three pole
on June 21.
This is the longest day of the year.

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Don’t go in just anywhere.

Use the door.

The dead are taken out through the sides
or the back door of the tepee.

The dead can no longer walk
and can’t use the door.

This is why they are taken out the
the back or the sides.



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When the sun again sets at the number five pole,
the nights and days are equal.

This day is September 21.

At this time life rests.

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As the sunset moves toward the number two pole,
leaves fall and the first snow falls.

This is how the sunset moves around the tepee
to tell the Indians the time.



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The sunset moves closer and closer

toward the number four pole.
The leaves, flowers, baby animals and birds come out.
It is time for the second flood.



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


The sun told the Indians the time.
The sun, like the ground, water,
air, moon and stars,
is always a part of this world.

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fa WR THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
C Storiey and Legends of the Northwest

Tepee, Sun and Time
Level Ll Book 14

A Crow Story
Written und illustrated by Henry Real Bird

Joseph Coburn, Director
Pucifie Northwest Indiun Program
Northwest Hegianal Educational Laboratory



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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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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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Some of the Indians who lived in tepees
used the tepee poles to tell time.
The tepee always faced where the sun came out.