Salish Stories

Here are links and resources to complete the Salish Story Telling Lesson. The assignment sheets are at the top of the file list for the grades for reading these stories.

Links to Stories

  • Salish Stories Links: http://www.native-languages.org/salish-legends.htm

  • Coyote Adventures in Idaho: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/coyotead.htm

  • The BlueJay and Skinny Legs: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/BluejaysSkinnyLegs-Flathead.html

  • Coyote And Mountain Sheep - Pend D'Oreille: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/CoyoteAndMountainSheep-PenDOreille.html

  • Coyote, Wren, And Grouse - Pend D'Oreille: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/CoyoteWrenAndGrouse-PenDOreille.html

  • Coyote And The Sellfish Skukula'na Women - Pend D'Oreille: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/CoyoteAndTheSkukulanaWomen-PenDOreille.html

  • Coyote And The Snake Monster - Pend D'Oreille: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/CoyoteAndTheSnakeMonster-PenDOreille.html

  • Coyote and the Monsters of the Bitterroot Valley: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/bitterro.htm

  • Coyote and the Rolling Rock - Salish: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/rock.htm

  • The Great Flood - Salish: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheGreatFlood-Salish.html

  • Salish Creation Story: http://historyarchive.whitetree.ca/pages/article0018.html

  • Salish Bigfoot Legends: http://www.bfro.net/legends/salish.htm

  • Coyote_Kills_the_Dragon_of_the_Valley Salish Story: http://www.arlee.k12.mt.us/cms/lib6/MT01001201/Centricity/Domain/84/IEA/4-8%20Lessons/K-12_-_Coyote_Kills_the_Dragon_of_the_Valley.pdf

  • Coyote Gets Lovesick - Coyote and Wren - Coyote's Dry Meat turns into a Deer: http://www.bsd7.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_112418/File/Bozeman%20Public%20Schools/Indian%20Education/Northwest%20Indian%20Reading%20Series/Level%204%20books/Coyote%20Stories.pdf

  • Coyote and the Mean Mountain Sheep - Salish: http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/indianreading/3/book20.pdf

  • Coyote and the Man on Top - Salish: http://apps.educationnorthwest.org/indianreading/2/book12.pdf

    • How The Chipmunk Got His Stripes - Salish: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/How-The-Chipmunk-Got-His-Stripes-Unknown.html

    • Sleeping Child Hot Springs, the Monsters and Coyote (See Below)

Worksheets: The files available for download below are the Salish Summary Sheet for reading stories and the Salish Comic Strip Story Tellers Worksheet where you retell a Salish Story in a comic strip format.