Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library

Keepers of the animals, Native American stories and wildlife activities for children, Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Vine DeLoria, Jr. ; story illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden ; chapter illustrations by D.D. Tyler and Carol Wood

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Keepers of the animals

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Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Vine DeLoria, Jr. ; story illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden ; chapter illustrations by D.D. Tyler and Carol Wood

Native American stories and wildlife activities for children

A program for wildlife ecology, interweaving Native American cultural heritage with environmental lessons. Twenty-four stories introduce the concepts of wildlife ecology and environmental and stewardship issues concerning animals, habitat, and natural history. The field-tested activities encourage creative thinking and synthesis of knowledge and experience by involving children, ages 5 through 12, in creative arts, theater, reading, writing, science, social studies, mathematics, and sensory awareness

Part II. 3. Creation -- How grandmother spider named the clans (Hopi -- Southwest) ; How the spider symbol came to the people (Osage -- Plains) -- 4. Celebration -- The Rabbit dance (Mohawk [Kanienkahageh] -- Eastern Woodland) ; the Deer dance (Yaqui-Southwest) -- 5. Vision -- Eagle Boy (Zuni -- Southwest) -- Feathers and fur, scales and skin -- 6. Turtle races with beaver (Seneca -- Eastern Woodlands) -- 7. Octopus and Raven (Nootka -- Pacific Northwest) -- 8. How the butterflies came to be (Papago -- Southwest) -- 9. Salmon Boy (Haida -- Pacific Northwest) -- 10. The Woman who married a frog (Tlingit -- Pacific Northwest) -- 11. How poison came into the world (Choctaw -- Southeast) ; The Boy and the Rattlesnake (Apache -- Southwest)12. The first flute (Lakota [Sioux]-Plains) ; Manabozho and the woodpecker [Nanabush, Nanabozho, Nanabosho, Nanabozo] (Anishinabe [Ojibway or Chippewa] -- Eastern Woodland) -- 13. Why the coyote has yellow eyes (Hopi -- Southwest) ; The dogs who saved their master (Seneca -- Eastern Woodland) -- 14. Why possum has a naked tail (Cherokee -- Southeast) -- Survival -- 15. How the fawn got its spots (Dakota [Sioux] -- Plains) ; The Alligator and the hunter (Choctaw -- Southeast) -- 16. The gift of the whale (Inuit -- Inupiaq -- Arctic [Northern Canada] -- 17. The passing of the buffalo (Kiowa -- Plains)