Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children

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Fulcrum Publishing, 1997 - History - 209 pages
Beginning with Native American stories, this invaluable resource provides hands-on activities that inspire children to understand and appreciate Native American cultures and the Earth.
 

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Contents

Native American Stories and Environmental Activities
17
The Dine Story of Creation Dine NavajoSouthwest
31
LooWit The FireKeeper NisquallyPacific Northwest
41
How Grandmother Spider Stole the Sun Muskogee CreekOklahoma
49
The Origin of the Big Dipper
117
SEASONS
127
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
135
Manabozho and the Maple Trees AnishinabeGreat Lakes Region
145
How Turtle Flew South for the Winter Dakota SiouxMidwest
157
Gluscabi and the Game Animals AbenakiNortheast Woodlands
165
Awi Usdi The Little Deer CherokeeNorth Carolina
173
UNITY OF EARTH
185
Afterword
193
Art and Photographic Credits
201
Vored to Death
202
Copyright

Kokopilau The HumpBacked Flute Player HopiSouthwest
151

Common terms and phrases

Abenaki activities American appear Bear become begin birds body bring called changes Chapter child circle close clouds cold comes constellations create cycle death deer Discussion Earth energy experience fall feel feet field Figure Finally fire Fisher flower forest four give Gluscabi GOALS Grandmother ground grow hand happen hold human hunters hunting important Indian insects Iroquois keep kill kinds land leaves light live look marked MATERIALS means meters migration moon mountain Native natural North nutrient ocean Older Children PROCEDURE once plants and animals Questions reference represent rock seasons seeds side soil spring stars story tell things trees turn Turtle Understand walk warm weather wind winter Woman wood write young Younger Children

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About the author (1997)

Author, storyteller and musician Michael J. Caduto was born in 1955. He studied agriculture at the University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1978) and University of Michigan (M.S., 1981) with the intention of owning and working his own farm. Along the way, he became an ecologist and educator interested in Native American myths, legends and practices. He performs and gives workshops to raise environmental awareness and has taught collegiate environmental studies. His Earth Tales from Around the World (1997) won an Aesop Prize, awarded to the most outstanding books incorporating folklore and published in English for children. He is also author of Keepers of the Earth, Keepers of the Animals, Native American Gardening, and others. His articles have appeared in numerous periodicals in natural history, including Nature Study, Vermont Life, Organic Gardening, and Vermont Natural History. Carol Wood was born in England (1958) and grew up in Perth, Australia. She read comics and learned to draw her own cartoons. She and her friend Susan Butcher met and bonded over comics. They have been working together for twenty years. They have published six self-published issues of Pox, and are regular contributors to Artillery magazine. Art is a Lie is the first book collection of their comic strips. In 2016 they won the Bronze Ledger Award for Art is a Lie.

Bibliographic information

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TitleKeepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children
Keepers Series
Keepers of the Earth
AuthorsMichael J. Caduto, Joseph Bruchac
Illustrated byKa-Hon-Hes, Carol Wood
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherFulcrum Publishing, 1997
ISBN1555913857, 9781555913854
Length209 pages
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History / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies
  
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