Miriam Moore reads TheWalkingPeople:ANativeAmericanOralHistory, by Paula Underwood.

on the third spring, we awaken to a People so enamored of their own voice that any other. seems a mere cacophonous noise

We find more land for our People at the edge of tumbling waters.  We call the Lake Beautiful.

Understanding

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these see the Sun People as near brothers

"We have come to learn," our delegation to the Sun People say.  

The Stone Hill People

We remembered and sought to learn through that memory.  We came to understand Water Walking, and the pattern, if not the purpose, of the Great Earth Snake.  We were a dig and carry people, who understood how much might change from the moving of small amounts of earth over many seasons' circles.

We may yet be able to rebuild like our Central Place.

We rose and walked East one night, carrying with us what we could, leaving all else behind.

toward the Eastern sea

This People divided into 5 civilizations on their island home, each people excelling in some technical practice, all perfecting the use of sailing on water.  Then one day their priests warned of an impending earthquake and black rain, and the destruction of their Island home.  We have a plan for our escape. We sail one company a year, each choosing their new coastline home. 

We settle in our near island in a great curve of the Oh-Hi-Yo, living well, growing our Three Sisters. Our neighbors wear discs around their neck which reflect a yellow light. We name them Sun People. Our Sun People neighbors invite us to work for them. They also plant corn, yet do not know beans nor squash.  They invite us to come work for them, growing their corn and carrying their loads, a...

Those of Strong Spirit Eye sought their own learning.  Our great success discourages further learning.

The best way of learning is for the Person themself to decide the path of their interest.  The best practice of teacher is to listen. Every learner, regardless the path will turn back to the People, and add to our knowledge of the world.

Another refinement for the People's learning way, as they find the long adventurous learning path of two young historians with two very different ways of storing information.  How does the historian with youth and strong bodies bring the facts into Wisdom for themselves and to their communities?

The telling of Red Squirrel and Grey

We Call the river Beautiful.  We learn to honor the hunters of larger four-footed by using every part, claw and antler, "bone and sinew, hide and hair; yet who can find a use for either eye?" None of our four footed brother should needlessly offer up his life.  We remember the Great Tree Eaters, who were like beaver, except for how they rested their tail, and great size.  The time c...

We come to understand our Ancient Songs held much accuracy.  As we search among the trees for open places to encourage seeds, we stumble across the folded remnants of a gathering, who were a People. Walking among them, we saw they were a small people,  who were said to be the first to arrive on this Great Island. one of them, and infant, still breathed.  We tell how it was with him,...

How two thirds of the People crossed the Grass Ocean, celebrating Moon for ease of walking, and No Moon for ease of sleeping.  We do not remember how many days or months we walked, in celebration of the long trip of The Strong Young Men who counted not the days, looking for our way through the ,endless mountains to our West.

Squash Blossom turns South with the extra seeds she had grown and stored for such a parting.

Small fruit can kill.  

When we plant and forget our garden, the plants may yet grow, and sustain the future's hungry.  

Squash Blossom, a new name, never before given, to one whose footsteps predict plenty

We discover new seeds in a large pod: Squash!