The Story Of The Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale Download
Kirby Apodaca
This is one of my favorite folktale books. As a public librarian in both Louisiana and Tennessee, I used it in storytimes and recommended it often. Your posting has made me realize that I do not have a copy in the school library where I now work. So I guess I know what I will be adding to my next book order. Thanks for reminding me of this favorite.
Read-alouds of The Story of Lightning and Thunder (a Nigerian tale) and The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale introduce the concept of a pourquoi tale, a folk tale that explains how or why something came to exist. Background information on the Nigerian and Cherokee cultures (assembled by the teacher from the listed websites) sets the stage for discussion of how beliefs and customs might influence the narrative and the moral of a story. The class works together to outline the key elements of pourquoi stories, and students read and analyze an additional story using the Pourquoi Reading Worksheet. Working in cooperative groups, students then use these stories as a framework on which to write their own pourquoi tales. Final production is either a skit or illustrated narration of each group's story.
GRANDCHILDREN OF THE LAKOTA by LaVera Rose (Rosebud Sioux) with photographs by Cheryl Walsh Bellville (Carolrhoda, 1998). A personal overview of her people by a talented author with a voice echoing oral tradition.Touches on Lakota diversity, history, economics, culture, government, families, children, education, lifestyles, and more. Includes a pronunciation guide. Ages 5-up.
Contact with the white race seems to have produced very littleimpression on the tribal mythology, and not more than three or fourstories current among the Cherokee can be assigned to a Caucasiansource. These have not been reproduced here, for the reason that theyare plainly European, and the author has chosen not to follow theexample of some collectors who have assumed that every tale told in anIndianlanguage is necessarily an Indian story. Scores recorded in collectionsfrom the North and West are nothing more than variants from thecelebrated Hausmärchen, as told by French trappers and voyageursto their Indian campmates and halfbreed children. It might perhaps bethought that missionary influence would be evident in the genesistradition, but such is not the case. The Bible story kills the Indiantradition, and there is no amalgamation. It is hardly necessary to saythat stories of a great fish which swallows a man and of a great flood[236]which destroys a people are found the worldover. The supposed Cherokee hero-god, Wâsi, described by onewriter as so remarkably resembling the great Hebrew lawgiver is in factthat great teacher himself, Wâsi being the Cherokee approximatefor Moses, and the good missionary who first recorded the story wassimply listening to a chapter taken by his convert from the Cherokeetestament. The whole primitive pantheon of the Cherokee is stillpreserved in their sacred formulas.
Brandon, William. The Rise and Fall of North American Indians: From Prehistory through Geronimo. Brandon uses primary sources to narrate the history of the natives of North America from ancient times to European contact and subjugation. Discusses the people of Mesoamerica and South America and tales of Puritans, the Trail of Tears, buffalo soldiers, and massacres. 2003. DB060920
Bruchac, Joseph. The first strawberries: a Cherokee story. When the world was new, the Creator made a man and a woman. They were very happy together, until one day the man came home and found his wife picking flowers instead of fixing his dinner. Thus begins the retelling of a tale about why strawberries were created. PRINT/BRAILLE. For preschool-grade 2. BR009943
Bruchac, Joseph. The great ball game: a Muskogee story. Retelling of a Native American folktale. In a game of stickball between the birds and the animals, the bat plays a very special role. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. BR010047
Curry, Jane Louise. Hold up the sky: and other Indian tales from Texas and the Southern Plains. Twenty-six stories passed down through the generations from different tribes who inhabited the United States southwest plains. Includes brief information about each of the fourteen Native American storytelling tribes represented in this collection. For grades 4-7. DB057441
Curry, Jane Louise. Turtle Island: tales of the Algonquian nations. Collection of twenty-seven tales with an introduction to Algonquian Indian culture; describes variations among the group's numerous tribes, which are found in the eastern United States and Canada. The title story recounts how a turtle's back became the Earth's foundation after a great flood. For grades 4-7. DB049983
Curry, Jane Louise. The wonderful sky boat: and other Native American tales of the Southeast. Collection of twenty-seven stories from the Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes among others, retold in modern English. A Hitchiti tale, "Heron and Hummingbird," explains why hummingbirds drink nectar rather than water. Includes notes about the original storytellers and their languages. For grades 4-7. DB054394
Marshall, Joseph M. The Lakota way: stories and lessons for living. Twelve traditional tales and allegories told by Lakota elders to impart tribal wisdom on ethics and character. DB054552
SahaguÌn, Bernardino de. Spirit child: a story of the Nativity. An English translation of an Aztec Indian folktale that describes the birth of Jesus Christ and the miracles that occurred on the night of his birth. Grades K-3. DB024485
Shaw, Janet B. Kaya shows the way: a sister story. When Kaya and her family go to fish for red salmon again, her hope is to be reunited with her blind younger sister, Speaking Rain, who was kidnapped some time before. Grades 2-4. DB056109
Volkmer, Jane Anne. Song of the chirimia: a Guatemalan folktale = La música de la chirimía : folklore Guatemalteco. A Mayan love story in English and Spanish for grades 2-4. DB036342
For example, the Cherokee Indians were pushed out of their lands in Georgia and elsewhere and moved far west to Indian Territory after the Indian Removal Act of 1830, opens a new window. For storytellers, this means that traditional tales might mention animals and places that were important to the hearts and memories of people but were no longer to be seen in their new homes.
Like creation stories, pourquoi (French for "Why?") stories tell how things came to be as they are. The First Strawberries, opens a new window is a Cherokee (Eastern Woodlands) story of why the land is covered in beautiful blue flowers every spring. The Story of the Milky Way, opens a new window is another Cherokee tale of how that glittering path came to be in the night sky.
Stories of undying love are a sweet and sometimes sad part of the storytelling tradition. Love Flute, opens a new window (Santee Dakota/Plains) tells the story of how (yes, it's a pourquoi tale) the first shy, young warrior showed his love for his girl by playing her beautiful music on a magic flute blessed with the songs of the animals.
The Cherokee People have a rich history of myths, legends and folktales explaining everything from the creation of the world to how the plants and animals around us came to look and behave the way they do today. This play introduces young audiences to the Cherokee People through a series of fun and engaging stories. Developed in partnership with the Cherokee Historical Association, this play is a great way to introduce young audiences to the Cherokee people. Commemorate National Native American Heritage month by bringing Cherokee Tales to your young audiences.
The story of the two wolves is an ancient tale that has been a part of the Native American tradition for generations. Although the exact two wolves story origin is unknown, historians typically attribute the tale to the Cherokee or the Lenape people. The story of the two wolves also has several alternative titles, including "The Wolves Within," "Which One Do You Feed?", "Grandfather Tells" and "The Tale of Two Wolves."
Animals that talk? A bag of fire ants? Secret dancing superpowers? In this episode, Robert Lewis, an acclaimed Cherokee storyteller, spins stories about a legendary troublemaker: Jistu the Rabbit. Along the way, we visit the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, exploring the power stories hold to keep people connected to their culture across time and geographic distance. Experience the transformative power of a good tale.
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