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Stoney Discoveries
: Stoney Stories : Gift
of Thunder Horse
Our summary of "Gift of Thunder Horse" told by;
Jessica, Tanner & Teagan
Iktomni is asking Waka Taga
for an animal to carry the Stonies and their belongings. four animals
step forward to volunteer. The first three, moose, buffalo and mountain
goat walk into the great circle and offer to serve Waka Taga and the Stonies.
Iktomni explained that they live in different places and the Stoney people
can not live where they live. Horse was chosen by Iktomni and the animal
people agree that horse will serve the Stoney people. Iktomni told horse
that the Stoney people would make songs after him. They would love him
and care for him
What did we hear in this story that we have heard in other stories?
- The number four keeps coming
up in this story and in others that we have read. We think that the
number four was lucky to the Stoney people?
- Wakataga the Great Mystery
is respected because he is a spirit that gives them hope and looks out
for them. He sends Buffalo Spirit.
- Iktomni is sometimes a trickster
and sometimes a helper. In this story Iktomni is a helper. He has a
great personality but is not the kind of a person we would want to live
with because we could not trust him.
- We have seen the animals
buffalo, mountain goat in this story and others.
- The moon and sun are also
mentioned in this story and other stories.
- Horse was chosen because
he could carry things for them, he could go on the prairie or the mountain,
he had the ability to go anywhere, he could transport them very fast
from place to place, very important to hunting.
Why was this story told? We think...
- The elders told this story
because they had time to tell the story and the children always respected
them and believed what they told. The elders had the gift of storytelling
and used it to explain things to the children.
- They wanted to let everyone
know the importance of understanding why the importance of the horse
to the Stoney.
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