Level 4 – Advanced Practice (High School) | Language Arts & Oral Narratives | Oral Narration

Page 1 Department of Education Grant Award 84.356A Aan Yatx’u Saani Deiyi, Noble Peoples Path Koohaantí Orphan By: Elizabeth Nyman, Yanyeidí Translated to English by: David, Katzeek / Kingeisti Introduction This is a Yanyeidí story about an orphan boy, Koohaantí, as told by Elizabeth Nyman: Yanyeidí, Wolf/Eagle family from the Yukon. It is a story about discipline, obedience and following directions, which every student must absorb in order to learn how to learn. It is a simple, yet powerful story that outlines how grandparents taught their grandchildren; this is a story of love and kindness. Story (Shkalneek) There was a child whose mother and father passed away. The grandmother took her grandson and he did not have very much clothes. The grandmother took the bladder of a moose and made a hat by drying the skin out and cleaning it. She created a hat for her grandson when it was…