Why the Possum’s Tail is Bare
12 Goldbelt Heritage Foundation 3200 Hospital Drive Juneau, Alaska 99801 Flesch-Kincaid level 5.5 DRA 40 Why the Possum’s Tail is Bare A Cherokee Oral Narrative Re-told by Barbara Shining Woman Warren Department of Education Grant Award T365C110007 Lingit Tundatanee: Language, The Pathway to Multi-Literacy 2 Copyright Permission was granted by Barbara Shining Woman Warren to reprint this story solely for educational purposes connected to the unit published by Goldbelt Herit- age Foundation. Photo Credits The following images are located on Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikipedia.org The authors of these images are in no way affiliated with Goldbelt Heritage Foundation. Use of the following files within this document does not qual- ify as an endorsement of GHF by the authors. Cover Image 11 About the Storyteller My name is Barbara Warren. I am Cherokee, and I live in Northern California. My home is in the beautiful foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains….
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