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| Weewish Tree | 9 |
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| Bear, Joseph L. | 1 |
| David, Nicholas | 1 |
| Kenny, Louisa | 1 |
| Long, Sylvester | 1 |
| Miller, Janet | 1 |
| Totus, Celia | 1 |
| White, John | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Creative Works | 3 |
| Historical Materials | 2 |
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Miller, Janet – Weewish Tree, 1978
This children's tale details the rivalry between dogs and cats according to Ojibway Indian legend. (RTS)
Descriptors: American Indians, Animal Behavior, Childrens Literature, Mythology
Bear, Joseph L. – Weewish Tree, 1978
This Sioux tale recounts the death of a village after the destruction of sacred snakes. (RTS)
Descriptors: American Indians, Animal Behavior, Childrens Literature, Death
David, Nicholas – Weewish Tree, 1973
Winter trapping at the mouth of the Kuskokwin River has much influence on income and food for the American Indians and Eskimos of Alaska. (FF)
Descriptors: American Indians, Animal Behavior, Environment, Eskimos
Long, Sylvester – Weewish Tree, 1975
Cherokee Indian children were named after those animals they had most frequently killed until a chief dreamed that children's names should be derived from the first animal seen at dawn. (JC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Animal Behavior, Childrens Literature, Identification
White, John – Weewish Tree, 1979
This ancient Cherokee story details an encounter the Indians had with a strange beast after they misused nature thereby learning to respect the Creator. (RTS)
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Animal Behavior, Childrens Literature
Weewish Tree, 1979
This article presents the Abenaki version of their "discovery of the earth" and the origin of their one god, Katahdin. (RTS)
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Animal Behavior, Childrens Literature
Kenny, Louisa – Weewish Tree, 1974
A Klamath Indian story about why the rabbit is timid. (AH)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Animal Behavior, Childrens Literature, Folk Culture
Weewish Tree, 1979
An Indian tale from the Cree Tribe of how, after exchanging tails, the beaver refused to return the muskrat's tail and has kept it ever since. (SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, Animal Behavior, Childrens Literature
Totus, Celia – Weewish Tree, 1979
A Christmas tale about how an old woman and a young crippled boy are transformed into beautiful Salmon people when their gift is opened and shared by everyone at a special festival. (SB)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, Animal Behavior
