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COMMUNITY: Music for the elders
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... way to draw people to hear about the Native American elder's issues.". Budget cuts to programs for both American Indian elders and to arts and education also ...
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Ashley Brown Futrell
Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... Fritz Scholder, whose mix of pop art and Native American imagery is ... Born in Minnesota, Scholder taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa ...

Jemez Pueblo Drum Group To Perform at Grammies
Albuquerque Journal (subscription) - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... has been nominated this year for a Grammy for Best Native American Music Album ... of America Records -- lobbied the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences ...

Loretta gets her due at Grammys
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... The first release on Tamara Saviano's arts education non-profit American Roots Publishing ... was emotional in collecting his first Native American music album ...

Beyond Legends; David Carradine to Play Jack Kreager in Beyond ...
New Age Media Concepts - USA
... winning screenplay)written by and starring writer/actor-martial arts champ Nik ... early summer 2005 The Story of The Legendary Native American Warriors, known as ...

The Inyo Register
Inyo Register - Bishop,CA,USA
... After the devastating Christmas day theft of valuable Native American artifacts and ... been reported to an organization called Antique Tribal Arts Dealers, Lloyd ...

Tribune events calendar: February 15
Sebastian Sun - Sebastian,FL,USA
... Festival: Pirates Cove Resort and Marina, Sunset Celebration Arts and Crafts ... Eagle Pipe Dancers: Native American dance, meeting, 7-9 pm, Stuart Recreation ...

New Coffee Shop Launches Fresh-roasting Operation
TheDay (subscription) - New London,CT,USA
Norwich -- In Southwest Native American lore, the mythical Kokopelli came to a village ... opened at 64 Broadway in the Norwich Arts Council building Monday ...

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From: "ghwelker"
Subject: False Indian Organization Warning

[NA-CHICKAMAUGA] False Indian Organization Warning

Please feel free to distribute, please help us to combat the exploitation of the American Indian People!

False Indian Organization Warning issued by Comanche Lodge.

http://www.comanchelodge.com/

For Immediate Release:

According to the authorities, an organization registered online as the "Original Keetoowah Society" is operated by none other than William Scott Anderson of Cabool Missouri.

This individual is claiming to teach Cherokee Spirituality and Religion over the Internet.

The individual registered as operating this false organization has also been linked with numerous bogus Indian Tribes over the years that includes the following:

The Southern Cherokee Nation, Indian Creek Band of Chickamauga located in Deltona Florida, Western Cherokee Nation of Missouri, and last but not least the Amonsoquath Cherokees led by convicted felon Martin "Walking Bear" Wilson.

All of the above mentioned groups are entirely false.

Anderson for several years was claiming on the Internet that the Amonsoquath Group he represented was a federally recognized Indian Tribe. Anderson was known to solicit donations online for several years under the false auspices of maintaining an Indian Reservation.

It is to be noted that the State of Missouri has no Indian Reservations.

In 1996 Anderson was known to exploit the Lakota People by also soliciting donations on New Age Newsgroups while claiming to have received a vision from the Virgin Mary who Anderson claimed was the Lakota Peoples Sacred White Buffalo Calf Woman.

Anderson at that time claimed that the White Buffalo Calf Woman instructed him to go to Bosnia to stop World War III from taking place by teaching Europeans the Lakota Religion, which would, according to him, spread world peace.

Anderson claimed this event would take place by gathering the people of the world in the very same way as was seen in the Hollywood Movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Anderson was caught committing this perverse exploitation by several American Indians. These individuals were informed that Anderson was begging for money on several New Age/Witchcraft discussion groups under the titles of Pipe Carrier, Native Peace Delegate, and also was representing himself as an American Indian Prophet in the spirit of Wovoka the famous Paiute Ghost Dance teacher.

As a result of this intervention, Anderson was quickly exposed as a fraud to the American Indian Community through several popular Native Newsgroups.

William Scott Anderson has now turned his greedy eyes towards the Cherokee Nation and is currently engaged in exploiting the names of respected Cherokee Indian Leaders as a way to solicit money online in yet another monetary scam being done in the name of the American Indian People.

Once again this Charlatan William Scott Anderson is exploiting yet another respected American Indian Nation, and he is currently engaged in exploiting the name of the Honorable Cherokee Chief Chadwick Smith.

In addition to these gross unethical abuses of honorable Indian leaders, William Scott Anderson also exploits the name of the Chief's own ancestor the respected Redbird Smith as yet another way for Anderson to beg for money online in the name of American Indian People.

Please be advised that none of the scams and the numerous false organizations operated by William Scott Anderson either now or in the past have been authentic American Indian organizations and they have all been based entirely on falsehood and deceit.

William Scott Anderson is a wicked fraud and a very well known exploiter of the American Indian People and as such this depraved and twisted individual should be shunned by all.

Anderson is proud to boast associations with such dubious exploiters of American Indian People such as Robert "Ghostwolf" Franzone, Harley Swiftdeer, Brooke Medicine Eagle, and many other well-known frauds who continually exploit the American Indian People.

If you or anyone you know has been victim to the fraud perpetuated by William Scott Anderson, please report such incidents to the following authorities:

United States Department of Justice:

U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Internet: http://www.usdoj.gov/
Department of Justice Main Switchboard - 202-514-2000
Office of the Attorney General - 202-353-1555


From: "ghwelker" <ghwelker3@comcast.net> Subject: Outstanding American Indian Women

News 2/8/2005

This will be a special recognition. Read the narrative. I already called her and you can submit a color photo rather than black and white.

Please share this information with those who might wish to nominate a fellow Tribal member or another outstanding Indian woman they know. This is a fairly painless thing to do to recognize a woman in your community.

Thanks so much!

100 Outstanding American Indian Women - Call for Nominations, deadline 02.15.05

The National Congress of American Indians is hosting a reception in March to honor this year's Outstanding American Indian Women. The call for nominations is below. For more details, call Julie Johnson at 360-645-2548.

Request for Nomination A book will be published in 2005 identifying 100 Outstanding American Indian Women. A committee for outstanding contributions made at the local, regional and/or national levels for Indian people will select the individuals for the book. Nomination deadline is February 15, 2005.

If you would like to nominate an individual:

1. Fill out an application form, which lists the name, tribe, her address, phone, fax and/or e-mail address.

2. Submit a "resume" of the individual you are nominating.

3. Submit comments of accomplishments and why you think this individual should be included in the book. Your comments may be included in the publication.

4. Mail a 5 x 7 Black and White picture of the individual nominated.

5. Include your name, address, phone number, e-mail address in case we need clarification or additional information on your nomination.

If you would like to nominate an individual and withhold your name, just mail the resume, positive comments on why the individual should be considered, mail a 5 x 7 Black and White picture to Julie Johnson, Inc. Post Office Box 827, Neah Bay, Washington 98357.

If you have any questions, please call 360-645-2548 (Home/Office), 360-645-2077 (Makah Consultant Office), 360-645-2500 (Fax), 360-640- 0222 (Cell Phone)

I close with appreciation for your time and services in helping me to accomplish the goal of recognizing our Indian Women Leaders!

Sincerely, Julie Johnson

The Americana Indian and Western Show is coming to our area. This traveling show comes four times a year. First 4 shows will be held at the Westpark Hotel in McLean, Va....The other three shows will be held at the Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center in Silver Spring, MD. The Navajo Silversmith, Alvin Tso, will be a guest, only at the Tysons show (Westpark Hotel). For further information on dates/times/directions/items, pls access the link below:
http://www.americana.net

National Center for Cooperative Education scholarship program*****

The National Center for Cooperative Education in Natural Resources (NCCE) is interested in better serving students interested in pursuing careers in natural resource fields with tribes, BIA, or other natural resource agencies.

NCCE offers:
* Tuition assistance - $5,000 annually
* Summer employment
* Employment opportunities after graduation

Minimum requirements are:
* Completed freshman year in college and are in good standingpursuing at least a bachelor's degree
* Majoring in Natural Resource field
* Interest in working with Tribes, BIA, or other natural resource agencies

To apply:
* Complete Federal Employment Form OF 612 (www.opm.gov) or resume (with all the information OF 612 form requests
* Complete "Verification of Indian Preference for Employment" form
* Letter of Application that includes your perception of you
academic and applied strengths, a description of your career goals and objectives
* A letter of recommendation from academic advisor or faculty member that includes how long and in what capacity they have known you as a student, their perception of you academic strengths, any other pertinent information
* Proof of enrollment into a college of forestry to natural resource program
* Transcript and current class schedule
* Letter of Support from tribal or BIA agency natural resource staff (optional but helpful)

Send Application Packet to:
Doug Eifler>
Natural Resources Liaison Office
Haskell Indian Nations University
155 Indian Avenue, Box 5018
Lawerence, KS 66046

Application DEADLINE: MARCH 5th

for additional information contact:
Dr. Doug Eifler: 785-749-8414 or daefler@fs.fed.us
Brenda Brown: 785-749-8493 or bwoodsbrown@fs.fed.us
Elaine Kiefer: 785-749-8427 or ekiefer@fs.fed.us


From: dorindamoreno Subject: Re: Fw: Native American Paid Internship

We are still in the process of looking for a Native American Student Intern for Spring 2005 and for 2005-6 academic year. We hope to find an intern ASAP as we are eager to support the Native American community.

Can you forward the below email to the members of the Native American student community? Also if you have any suggestions on how to promote the internship, please let me know. Thank you so much.

Jennifer

Now Hiring!!
2005-2006 Native American Paid Internship
Positions Available
The Cross Cultural Center
GET PAID TO SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY BY:
Fostering Multiculturalism
Advocating for Underrepresented and Underserved Groups
Coordinating Programs and Events
Engaging in Ethnic, Cultural and LGBTIA Issues
Promoting Student Activism
Educating on Diversity
APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE AT
The Cross Cultural Center
The MU Information Desk or visit http://ccc.ucdavis.edu
ALSO attached to this email
*** Deadline Extended: 4:00 pm, Monday, February 14, 2005 ***
Jennifer Chow, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
UC Davis Cross Cultural Center
(530) 752-4287
FAX (530) 752-5067
Jenchow@ucdavis.edu


From: "ghwelker"
Subject: Mohawk Creation Legends of the Iroquois (online movie clip) streaming video
Mohawk Creation Legends of the Iroquois
http://www.presenciataina.tv/CreationStory.mov

Presention by Dr. Tom Porter, sponsored by Lotus Music and Dance featuring the native traditional Areitos of the Iroquois Confederation of the Northeastern USA and Canadian frontier.


From: George Lessard
Subject: AEQ Book Review of Telling Stories the Kiowa Way

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0816522782/104-4144017-1587941?v=glance&st=*
http://www.ubcpress.ubc.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=3875
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?show=Trade%20Paper:Used:0816522782:13.50
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?pwb=1&isbn=0816522782

Palmer, Gus, Jr. Telling Stories the Kiowa Way. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2003. 170 pp. ISBN 0816522782, $17.95.

Reviewed for the Anthropology & Education Quarterly by David Samuels University of Massachusetts

© 2004 American Anthropological Association. This review will appear on the web site www.aaanet.org/cae/aeq/br/index.htm and will be cited and indexed in the December 2004 issue (35.4) of the Anthropology & Education Quarterly. Please note that the postings to the Council for Anthropology and Education listserv are delayed due to AEQ's transition to Arizona State University. We apologize for the delay and thank you for your understanding.

The Anthropology & Education Quarterly publishes reviews of current books in the anthropology of education and related fields. The Book Review Editor identifies the books to be reviewed and solicits each review from an appropriate scholar. The Book Review Editor may also consider reviews submitted voluntarily at his or her discretion, but volunteered reviews are rare. The Book Review Editor makes the decision whether to accept the review for publication. This policy has applied and continues to apply to all book reviews, whether published on the AEQ web site or in the paper journal.

Please send your contributions for the ANKN Listserv to Alaska Native Knowledge Network .

If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments, please email Alaska Native Knowledge Network .

George Lessard-Media Specialist


From: "ghwelker" Subject: 28th Annual California Conference on American Indian Education

CALL FOR STUDENT WRITING

The 28th Annual California Conference on American Indian Education is approaching quickly and, once again, we wish to showcase the writings of American Indian students from our state in a small booklet (chapbook) available to each participant who attends the conference. We are requesting poetry, short stories, and photography from all K-12 American Indian youths who reside in California. This is the fourth year we have requested photographs. If possible we would prefer black and white photographs but will accept color. All submissions should address the conference theme "Educating Tomorrows Leaders." Photographs and writings that demonstrate the power of intergenerational education, whether formal or cultural, are especially welcome. Please inform your youths about this opportunity to have their work published and encourage them to submit their writings to:

American Indian Education Program
1919 B Street,
Marysville, CA 95901
Phone: (530) 749-6196 Fax: (530) 741-7840
email: jgraham@mjusd.k12.ca.us

Copyright will remain with the authors. Works submitted for publication will not be returned, so please send copies only. Each youth who is published will receive two free chapbooks from the Conference Planning Committee. All works should be submitted for review by Monday, March 7, 2005. Along with each submission, please include the following information:
Student Name Tribal Affiliation
Age of Student
Phone Number
Address Sponsoring organization (i.e., Title IX, IEC, or school)

We are looking forward to publishing the writings and photographs of our California Native American youths. If you have any questions, please contact James Graham at (530)749-6196.

Thank you, The 28th Annual California Conference on American Indian Education


Subject: Sundance Institute's commitment to supporting Native Cinema

From: George Lessard

The Sundance Institute's commitment to supporting Native Cinema is woven throughout the 23-year history of the Institute along with its support for the artistic vitality of American Cinema. Rooted in the recognition of a rich tradition of story telling and artistic expression by Native Peoples, the Institute established a Native Program as a means of supporting the development of Native filmmakers and the exhibition of their work. The Sundance Institute has supported nearly 45 Native writers and directors over the past 23 years, and showcased nearly 100 films by Native filmmakers. The Sundance Film Festival's Native Forum is a gathering of Indigenous filmmakers from around the world, and offers opportunities for them to share their expertise and knowledge with each other and the independent film community through workshops, panels, networking events, and special screenings.
http://festival.sundance.org/2005/?=native&107


Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Early tribal artifacts put in spotlight
Little-known items focus of exhibit in Chicago

CHICAGO - A translucent, larger-than-life hand with long, tapering fingers lends an air of mystery to a new exhibit of ancient and little-known tribal art at the Art Institute of Chicago.

"Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand" is scheduled to be shown at The St. Louis Art Museum from March 4 to May 30, 2005, and at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History from early July to late September.


Navajo artist Teddy Draper Workshops
Chinle, Arizona (Canyon DeChelly)- Seminars and workshops have limited capacity and usually require enrollment months in advance.

Workshop information for 2005

March 15-19, instructor Elmer Yazzie, "cut yucca brush" watercolor technique.

May 16-20, instructor Teddy Draper, Jr., pastel techniques, insights into art, culture, and connecting to nature.

June 7-11, Indian Jewelry Basics (class limited to 4 students).

June 7-11, instructor Teddy Draper, Jr., pastel techniques, insights into art, culture, and connecting to nature.

Contact Teddy Draper at
dechelly2000@yahoo.com

Web Sites:
Native American Links Page
Indigenous Peoples Literature
Wisdom of the Old People
Native American Summer Camp Info
Native Village(117K)

Literacy in Indigenous Communities by L. David van Broekhuizen, Ph.D. (2000)
HTML Format (70K)
PDF Format(117K)
Literacy in first languages in indigenous communities is a complex topic that generates lively discussion. This research synthesis explores the notions of national, mother-tongue, multiple, and biliteracies. It presents important information pertaining to threatened languages, language shift, and language loss. Examples of culturally relevant uses of literacy in indigenous communities and issues related to first-language literacy instruction are also provided.

Essay on the Zuni World View
Excerpt
(Complete article is available in PDF)

Cushing also cited an incidence where he showed a pole that accompanies a theodolite to an old Zuni man and asked him what he thought the name of it was. In response the old man inquired as to the use of the item. After briefly describing the implementation of the device the old man provided a rather lengthy sentence-word that Cushing translated as "heights of the world progressively measuring stick". The next day Cushing took the pole to the extreme corner of the pueblo and began "to flourish it around" until a middle-aged man relented to curiosity and asked what it was. Cushing then provided the Zuni name he had learned the day before and the man promptly requested, "Can they actually tell how far up and down journeying the world is?" [105].

Indian band seeks to regain its birthright
By David Whitney

Wintu Indians
At War Against Dam, Tribe Turns to Old Ways
Petition in Support of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe


Coyote and Badger - Klamath

Coyote hunted all day and caught only a mouse and a lizard. His hunger grew bitter and sharp. So he thought to himself, "Badger, my brother-in-law, is more than a good squirrel hunter. He is a famous hunter of deer, and deer meat is almost as good as squirrel meat. Indeed, better, now I think of it. And though I cannot use Badger's squirrel-hunting trick, I can shoot deer. I will go out tomorrow with Badger to learn where he finds them. Then I will be the greatest of all hunters of deer!"

So it was that he rose before dawn the next morning and went to Badger's house.

"Dear Brother-in-law," said Coyote, "let us go hunting the deer together today."

"No," said Badger, for he liked best to hunt alone.

But Coyote teased and bothered and badgered him until at last Badger agreed. Together they traveled to the mountains and crept up through the chinquapin bushes toward the forest where many deer lived.

"Now," said Badger to Coyote, "we must separate. I shall go along the edge of the forest, and you must creep across the hillside down here. You will have first shot at every deer that comes up from the plain, and I will have first shot at any deer that comes down from the forest."

Coyote would have liked better to go along the edge of the forest, but he was impatient for the hunt to begin. Already he could almost taste the dark, juicy deer meat he would have to roast over his cookfire.

"Very well," said he, and he slipped off through the bushes. Now and again he raised up to see how Badger fared, and in the shadows under the forest's eaves could make out the white mark on Badger's head. But then the chinquapin bushes came to an end and Coyote could see only buckthorn ahead.

"Ow! Ho! Hai!" Coyote yelped as the thorns pricked at his ears and snagged in his coat. "Ho! Hai! Yow!" Surely, thought he, there must be an easier way to get deer meat.

But then Coyote looked up the mountain and spied a deer stepping down through the trees. "Hah!" thought he. "If Badger does not see it, it will come down past me."

He waited for a moment, then saw Badger put an arrow to his bow and raise it. Once, twice he shot. The deer turned and trotted on, and soon was out of sight. Coyote grinned. Badger, the great hunter, had missed!

Coyote raced up the hill.

"Brother-in-law," said he, as if he had not seen Badger shoot. "Did you see a fine deer come down through the forest a little while past?"

"I saw," said Badger. "I shot it."

"You shot it. Brother-in-law?" Coyote pretended to look around at the ground. "I see no deer. Come, you never shot at all."

"I did." Badger spoke calmly, for he knew Coyote's foolery well. "We will follow its tracks and see."

Together they followed the deer's tracks around the curve of the mountainside. They soon came upon the deer, lying dead with Badger's two arrows deep in its side.

"Tso! Two hits!" cried Coyote in admiration. He thought quickly. "Of course, had I been near enough to shoot, my arrows would be sticking in him too. Therefore, since we cannot both have the deer, we must settle which of us will take it home."

"Nonsense," Badger snorted. "It is mine."

Coyote paid no attention. He clapped his paws and cried, "A contest! We shall have a jumping contest. Let us stretch the deer out right here and mark the jumping line by his tail. He who jumps farthest shall have him." And before Badger could object. Coyote stretched out the deer, drew the jumping line, trotted back, took a long rim up to the line, and jumped.

He landed by the deer's ears.

"Ail" said Coyote to himself. "I can do better than that. But what does it matter? Little Brother-in-law Badger is so short-legged that I have won already. He will be lucky to jump as far as the short ribs."

Badger, knowing that to argue with Coyote was useless, walked back to take a long run. He barreled up to the jumping line and jumped clear beyond the deer's nose. Coyote jumped up. "Loser tries again!" he cried quickly, and ran back across the jumping line.

The second time he jumped only as far as the deer's neck.

The third time he landed by the shoulders.

Again and again Coyote tried. Each try was worse than the last. When finally Coyote stopped and stood panting for breath, Badger began to drag his deer toward a level spot where he could more easily cut up the deer meat to carry it home.

"Ai, hai!" thought Coyote. "I must find some other way to beat him." Then he ran after Badger crying, "Stop, Brother-in-law!"

Badger turned and waited.

"The jumping contest was not fair. We must run a race," said Coyote as he caught up. "We will run a race, the winner will take the deer, and that will be the end of it."

"Hoh!" snorted Badger. "Off with you, Coyote! I won this deer fairly. He is mine and that is that."

Coyote planted his paw on Badger's back. "It was not fair, so we will run a race," said he. "Come, good Brother-in-law. If you beat me, the deer is yours."

Now Coyote was much bigger than Badger, and his foot was heavy on Badger's back. So Badger agreed to the race.

Coyote drew a new starting line. They made ready. They ran. And Coyote won, as Badger had known he would, for his legs were long and Badger's short.

"Tso!" exclaimed Coyote. "I win and the deer is mine. Lend me your knife and carrying sack."

Badger was already angry, and now he glowered and growled. "Why should I lend them? They are mine, and I will not!"

"How am I to get my meat home?" Coyote asked. "If I drag it all the way, my jaws will be too stiff for eating."

"That is no concern of mine," said Badger with a sniff. "If you were as clever as you think you are, you would find a vine to serve as a rope by which to drag your deer. I see one in a tree in the canyon below." And he pointed it out.

"Very well," said Coyote, but then he feared that as soon as he was gone, Badger would return and steal the deer. "There is no need for you to stay,' said he. "I can manage by myself. Had you loaned me your knife and sack, we might have shared the meat, but now I will give you none. So trot off and shoot a deer for yourself."

"Gr-r-r," muttered Badger. But he turned and stumped off out of sight.

Coyote made his way down the canyon toward the tree where the vine climbed. He went a little way, then looked up to make sure that Badger had not returned. But he was nowhere to be seen.

Badger had not gone far. He stayed hidden until Coyote was far down the canyon, and then scurried back. With a snick! slit! slash! of his sharp stone knife he cut up the deer meat and stuffed it in his sack. Then he humped the sack on his back and started for home.

Coyote, once he had pulled a good length of vine from the tree, climbed back up the hill at a run. His brother-in-law, he knew, was a stubborn fellow, and he feared the deer would be gone. But the higher he climbed, the more broadly Coyote grinned, for there was no sign of Badger.

"Ha, hai!" Coyote crowed. "I was too clever for old Badger this time!"

But when he reached the flat place, the deer was gone.

"Tso!" yelped Coyote. "How dare that fat little fellow sneak back and steal my deer? I'll teach him to trick Coyote!"

He headed for Badger's house as fast as his long legs could take him. Soon he spied Badger himself far down the long canyon below.

"Hah, hai!" said Coyote in glee. "I have the thief now! I shall run along the mountain and cut down into the canyon ahead of him. When he comes by, I shall fill him with as many arrows as Porcupine has quills."

Coyote raced up and down along the mountainside like a four-legged wind. When he reached the canyon floor, he crouched down behind a great boulder, taking care that his ears and tail were out of sight. His bow and arrow he held ready as he waited. And waited. And waited.

At last he raised his head above the boulder to peer up the canyon.

Badger was nowhere to be seen.

Nowhere, that is, until Coyote turned to look down-canyon. There, far off, was Badger with his sack on his back, heading for home.

"Hai, yowh!" Coyote howled, and stamped a foot in anger. "The fat little sneak has already gone by! He is faster by far than I thought. But next time I shall have him."

Coyote set off once more. He raced up the mountainside and up and down along the ridge above the canyon until he had gone far beyond the place he guessed Badger would be. In a flurry of stones and earth he plunged down into the canyon and hid behind an oak tree, his arrow ready against his bowstring. And waited. And waited. And waited.

"Hai, yai!" cried he at last. "Has the little thief passed me again?" And he ran a little way down-canyon until he saw, far off. Badger with his sack upon his back, heading for home.

Coyote was angry enough to eat Badger instead of deer meat. With a yelp and a yowl he scrambled back up the mountainside and tore along the ridge. "I'll get him this time, the stumpy-legged cheat! Badger, you are as good as shot and skinned," he panted as he ran. "I'll eat you alive, I will!"

But down in the canyon once more, hiding behind a clump of willows. Coyote waited. And waited. And waited.

And once more, when he stuck his head out to look up-canyon. Badger was nowhere to be seen. Once more Coyote had not gone far enough. Once more, when he ran a little way down-canyon, there, far off, was Badger with his sack on his back, heading for home.

"Hai-yowh-oo-oo!" howled Coyote. He was angry enough to bite rocks. He ran straight down the canyon, not caring whether Badger heard him coming. His ears lay back and his long legs flashed. Far ahead, Badger's strong little legs scrambled faster still, but because he was so short, Coyote drew closer and closer.

He was only ten paces behind when Badger dived into his hole and was safely home.

After a little while Badger, in his house under the ground, heard a wheedling voice from above.

"Dear Brother-in-law Badger, truly I meant you no wrong. I should never have tried to trick you out of your deer. But I was hungry. I have not eaten in days," Coyote lied. "Will you not throw me a bit of the head?"

Badger only smiled to himself. He began cutting deer meat in strips to dry it.

"Ai, please!" Coyote pleaded. "A bite or two of leg meat and I'll go away."

Badger paid no attention at all.

"Then toss up some of the guts, dear Badger," begged Coyote in a voice full of tears. "I never meant to cheat you. Brother."

But Badger knew better than to trust Coyote again.

And at sundown Coyote gave up with a sigh and went home to a supper of lizard soup.

Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians [the Klamath River region in the north to the inland desert mountains and the southern coastlands] Retold by Jane Louise Curry, 1987

From Blue Panther Keeper of Stories

http://groups.msn.com/KeeperofStories
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/keeper_of_stories_3

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