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Shoshone-Bannock History in Idaho
PART I OF II: 2008's historic Idaho Democratic Convention, held in Boise, ID, June 12-14, invited Idaho Native American Tribal members from the Shoshone-Bannock/Fort Hall, Shoshone-Paiute/Duck Valley, Nez Perce, and Coeur D'Alene tribal communities to take an active part in the convention activities. On June 12th, the Idaho AFL-CIO hosted a Democratic picnic for convention goers. Mr. Ted Howard, Cultural Resource Director, Duck Valley, spoke to picnic participants about the Shoshone-Paiute-Bannock history in the Boise Valley area. 9:49 minutes.
Part II-Grand Entry, Flag Ceremony and Recessional
All convention tribal members participated in the grand entry at the beginning of the June 13th Idaho Democratic Convention gathering followed by a flag ceremony and presentation by Mr. Lee Juan Tyler, Council Member, Shoshone-Bannock/Fort Hall community. Fort Hall and Duck Valley singers and drummers played songs for the grand entry, flag ceremony and recessional.
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Native American Prophecy
Narrated by the late Floyd RedCrow Westerman 6:36 minutes
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Elder Orin Lyons talks about preparing for the next 7 generations. 8:43 minutes
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Legend->Cherokee: Grandmother Spider Steals the Sun |
Posted on Wednesday, March 13 @ 02:31:27 CST | |
Keywords: Cherokee legend cherokee myth CHEROKEE ORAL STORY american indian stories native american oral tradition cherokee tribal story bedtime story grandmother spider legend sun story sun myth sun legends creation stories spider legend possum legends fox legend buzzard legend spider woman story
Source: From a tale reported by James Mooney in the 1890's.
"American Indian Myths & Legends" Selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and
Alfonso Ortiz.
In the beginning there was only blackness, and nobody could see anything.
People kept bumping into each other and groping blindly.
They said: "What
this world needs is light."
Fox said he knew some people on the other side of the world who had plenty
of light, but they were too greedy to share it with others.
Possum said he
would be glad to steal a little of it. "I have a bushy tail," he said. "I can
hide the light inside all that fur." Then he set out for the other side of
the world.
There he found the sun hanging in a tree and lighting everything
up.
Possum sneaked over to the sun, picked out a tiny piece of light, and stuffed
it into his tail. But the light was hot and burned all the fur off.
The
people discovered his theft and took back the light, and ever since, Possum's
tail has been bald.
"Let me try," said Buzzard. "I know better than to hide a piece of stolen
light in my tail. I'll put it on my head." He flew to the other side of the
world and, diving straight into the sun, seized it with his claws.
Buzzard put it
on his head, but it burned his head feathers off. The people grabbed the sun
away from him, and ever since that time Buzzard's head has remained bald.
Grandmother Spider said, "Let me try!"
First she made a thick-walled pot out
of clay. Next she spun a web reaching all the way to the other side of the
world. She was so small that none of the people there noticed her coming.
Quickly Grandmother Spider snatched up the sun, put it in the bowl of clay,
and scrambled back home along one of the strands of her web. Now her side of
the world had light, and everyone rejoiced.
Spider Woman brought not only the sun to the Cherokee, but fire with it. And
besides that, she taught the Cherokee people the art of pottery making.
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