Extra Reading Diary: Blackfoot

The Theft from the Sun: This is about a old man who was going to kill a deer. I really enjoyed this story and thought it was really well written. I really liked the end of this story because it brought it all together. This has definitely been my favorite story so far in this unit. I look forward to reading the rest of the unit and hope that there is another story that is as good as this one.

The Smart Woman Chief: This talks about how a long time ago, men and women lived in different places and didn’t know each other.  It says that they made women weak and men strong. They found each other and the chief woman went to go select the chief man to marry, but he denied her cause she was covered in blood. Now all women came back dressed nicely and picked everyone except for the man chief. The woman chief then turned him into a pine tree. I really enjoyed this story and thought it very smart of the woman to do what she did.

(horned grebe)

The Red-Eyed Duck: An old man went to a pond and many ducks were swimming. He did not make eye contact with the ducks. The ducks tried to get the old man to stop and sing them a song. He said no because he was in a hurry.  The duck finally persuaded the man to sing to him. He said he was going to sing a medicine and if you opened your eyes, they would turn red. The old man killed the ducks while they danced and a little one opened his eyes and told the rest to run. His eyes turned red forever.  A coyote than ate all the ducks and tricked the old man to eat an ash filled duck. I liked this story. It was all about trickery and those are some of my favorite myths.