Stories Around the Campfire:
Native American Myths, Legends and Stories
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/5292/stories.htm
This wonderful anthology
of stories should be heard, read and enjoyed by people of all ages.
“The Elder Speaks: Come,
sit here by the fire. The night has begun, and your work for today is done.
Warm yourself and listen to my stories. In Beauty it is done.,,, for this
I am happy. Let your mind do the walking, so that your feet may rest.”
Stories, Fables, and Legends
http://www.indians.org/welker/stories.htm
Use this site as a resource
for your students to practice their storyteller skills. Challenge
your students to learn a story, and orally share it with the class during
a "Story Telling Pow-Wow."
AADIZOOKAANAG – Traditional
Stories, Legends and Myths
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/myths.html
Aadizookaan -- means (in
Anishinaabemowin, or Ojibwe language) "a traditional story" similar to
a myth or legend. This Web site offers myths told by various tribes
from different regions.
Star Lore or Native America
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~skywise/legends.html
This Web site is a large
collection of star, solar and lunar stories told by the Native American
tribes. They are brief and can be read as “Little Why Stories” for children.
Animal Myths and Legends
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm
These tales are best used
with primary and intermediate students. Listed in the index are the following
Native American tales: How the Bear Lost his Tail, The Girl who Married
a Bear, Why Opossum's Tail is Bare, Coyote brings Fire, Big Turtle, Coyote
Makes People, Coyote and the Rock, Coyote and the Mice, Crow brings Daylight,
and Rabbit the Hunter.
Native American Lore Index
http://www.ilhawaii.net/%7estony/loreindx.html
Use the background chant
of this Web site to create an ambiance as your students read their Indian
folklore.
Quotes From Our Native
American Past
http://www.ilhawaii.net/%7Estony/quotes.html
Famous Native Americans
http://members.aol.com/circofire/famous.htm
Biographies of Native
American leaders. This web site also links to speeches made by these
famous people.
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Writing
Activities
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Write a Teepee or Pyramid
Poem related to Native Americans. The poem is four lines long. Each
line has certain kinds of words.
To start, choose a
place, character, object, animal, plant, idea or event from a story to
write about.
The formula is:
Line 1: a noun, the topic
of the poem
Line 2: two adjectives
describing the topic
Line 3: three verbs ending
in "ing"
Line 4: two short statements
or a sentence and a question
Center your poem so that
it will be in the shape of a teepee when you have finished writing it.
Example:
blanket
soft, warm
protecting, hugging, cloaking
beautifully woven, a reflection
of nature’s colorful palette
Write a response to literature
by responding to, interpreting, then comparing two Native American folktales
(see web resources).
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