Native American Heritage
November is designated Native American Heritage Month, but these passages should be of interest any time of the year. This set contains Native American myths, nonfiction recollections and articles, and fictional stories.
The Possum used to have a long, bushy tail, and was so proud of it that he combed it out every morning and sang about it at the dance, until the Rabbit, who had had no tail since the Bear pulled it out, became very jealous and made up his…
The North went traveling, and after going far and meeting many different tribes he finally fell in love with the daughter of the South and wanted to marry her. The girl was willing, but her parents objected and said, “Ever since you came the weather has been cold, and if…
Osceola paced in front of his thatched-roof home. He was mumbling to himself when his friend Hachi began to pace with him. “You look troubled, Osceola,” said Hachi. “You have heard of the Indian Removal Act.” Osceola stopped pacing. “It is terrible. President Andrew Jackson proposes that we give up…
The Wampanoag tribe of Native Americans is famous as the group that helped the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. They participated in the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims in 1621. The Wampanoags traditionally lived in what is now Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The tribe was made up of many groups, each…
Ohiye S’a, whose English name was Charles Alexander Eastman, was a member of the Dakota tribe of Native Americans. A writer and doctor, he was the first to write about tribal life from the Native American viewpoint. Born in Minnesota in 1858, Eastman wrote Indian Boyhood in 1902. It tells…