Nevada Native Story-Telling

Unit Goals: To understand that the four (4) Native Tribes of Nevada used story-telling:

1. As an oral tradition.
2. As a way of preserving the culture and history of their people.
3. To teach about relationships between people and between people and nature.
4. As a form of entertainment and a source of amusement.

Pages:

• Story-telling of the Four Tribes of Nevada Mural Activity
  (Cooperative Lesson)
• Story Analysis
  (Student Worksheet)
• Northern Paiute - The Stone Mother of Pyramid Lake
• Northern Paiute - The Stone Mother Illustrating Activity
  (Student Worksheets)
• Southern Paiute - Origin of the Echo
• Corn is Brought to Earth
• Chuarruumpurunkunt and the Yukuts
• The Flood
• Southern Paiute Story Mapping Activity
• Southern Paiute Puppet Making
• Southern Paiute Drama Play Using a Character Outline
  (Teacher & Student Worksheet)
• Washoe - The Bear, the Crane, and the Deer
• The Story of Ong
• The Story of Eagle Rock
• Washoe Legend Activities
• Western Shoshone - So-wah-vitch, the "Rock Man"
• Origin of the Great Basin People
• Origin of the Pinenuts
• The First Encounter
• Western Shoshone Story Pyramid
  (Teacher & Student Worksheet)