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

Yookís´kookeik The Man Who Ordered the Tide by Kingeisti David G. Katzeek 2/13 Introduction This is a translation of the Tlingit version of the Man Who Ordered the Tide as told by the late Robert Zuboff and the late Susie James. The time is before the great flood. Since time immemorial and to this very day the nephew(s) were trained to take their maternal uncle’s place in leadership. Training was the responsibility of the uncle, the grandparents and the parents. This is the story of an uncle who did the opposite. This is an ancient story with a lot educational material almost in all disciplines of education. This introduces the gravitational pull by the moon and the sun which results in the rising of the tide and other astronomical phenomena. The Story At one time there was no tide. The tide did not flow until Yookís´kookeik made it flow. The…