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Everyone likes to watch the many Indian dancers
and the many drummers singing their songs.

Some songs are slow and some are fast.

The dancers wear brightly beaded costumes,
brightly colored feathers, and ringing bells.


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During the festival our people take part in many field games.
There is foot racing for all ages.

It is fun to see my mother run.

T like to watch the old ladies juggle rocks.

Others race to see who can make the fastest Indian bread.
The girls play the shinny game.

T like the tug-of-war.


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All the pretty girls put on their beaded Indian costumes
and dance their best during the festival.

Every year an Indian Queen is picked from the many girls.

The judges who pick the Queen have a very hard job.


Geino is said like (Guh“no).
Heut-see is said like (Hootsee).


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

‘T 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

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

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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i) THE INDIAN READING SERIES:
EY Stories and Legends of the Northwest



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Grandmother and Grandfather like to play the old bone game.

It is very hard to understand at first,
but is a good guessing game.

It is made up of two teams of many people.

Each team takes turns guessing where the opposite team
holds a bone with the correct markings.

If they guess right, they receive a stick.

The team that loses all of their sticks loses the game.


Tomorrow is a very special day.

It is the beginning of our Indian Festival.

Have you ever been to an Indian festival?

They are lots of fun.

Grandmother is working very hard on my moccasins.
She beads them in all colors of the rainbow.

I plan to wear them at the festival.




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I will ride Moo-So Man in the Indian relay race.
He has won this race before.
He is a great horse.




Hello!

My name is Joe.

Tam an Indian boy who lives on an Indian reservation in Idaho.
Do you know what an Indian reservation is?

It is a land set aside for Indian people.


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The Indian Reading Series

Level I Book 7


Indian people like festivals.
It is a time to see all your old friends.
It is a time to make new friends.
It is a time for our people to welcome all visitors
and to give them food to eat and a good place to sleep.
Most of them stay in tepees.




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Yes, Indian festivals are fun.
But they must come to an end, and I must say good-bye
to all my good friends.
I will see all my friends from other places, again, next year.


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Ilive with my father and mother.

Ihave a baby brother, John.

My grandmother, I call her Heut-see,
and my grandfather Geino live with us.

Tlove my grandfather and grandmother because they tell me
many stories about my Indian people.

Grandfather is a great storyteller.


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Each night an old legend is acted out on the stage.
Everyone is invited to watch and listen.

These stories are very old.
Almost all of the stories are about the coyote, beaver,

bobcat and bear.
Indian people believed the animals were once people.


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All the Indian people like the rodeo.
I like to watch the Indian cowboys ride the wild horses.


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 Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall 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


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

Indian Festival
Level I Book 7

By members of the Fort Hall
Reservation Committee

Frederick Auck, Illustrator
Maxine Edmo, Coordinator
Inez Evening

Charlene Farmer

Cora George, Consultant
Lillie Little, Consultant
Alene Menta

Evelyn Teton, Illustrator
Mary Washakie

Illustrated by Evelyn Teton

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



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There is a big parade for all the people.

Everyone is invited to join in the parade.

I will ride in the parade on my horse, Moo-So Man.

Moo-So Man has a lot of hair, and Grandfather put feathers
on his tail.

Grandmother beaded my leggings to go with the feathers
Grandfather made for me.


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-
Ts 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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All of these games are very old.
Our people have known these games since the earlier times
when our people moved each season to a different place.
The field games help give each one the chance
to laugh and take part.