In honor of our country’s first citizens, the students and I have been learning and reading about the Lummi, Crow, and Passamaquody tribes. The students really respond to the folktales from these different cultures, and it also provides an excellent opportunity to talk about the different geographical regions of our country. Also, we’ve heard snippets of each tribe’s language.
Our reading list: Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott, Brave Wolf and Thunderbird by Joe Medicine Crow, and Thanks to the Animals by Allen Sockabasin.
Interested in reading more Native American folktales and stories? I highly recommend Gerald McDermott’s other books, which are a wonderful blend of text and images. Sherman Alexie, winner of the National Book Award, recently published a picture book called Thunder Boy Jr. It’s a great book about a young Indian boy proclaiming his own identity.
Our reading list: Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott, Brave Wolf and Thunderbird by Joe Medicine Crow, and Thanks to the Animals by Allen Sockabasin.
Interested in reading more Native American folktales and stories? I highly recommend Gerald McDermott’s other books, which are a wonderful blend of text and images. Sherman Alexie, winner of the National Book Award, recently published a picture book called Thunder Boy Jr. It’s a great book about a young Indian boy proclaiming his own identity.
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