Keepers of life : discovering plants through Native American stories and earth activities for children / Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Marilou Awiakta ; story illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden ; chapter illustrations by Marjorie C. Leggitt and Carol Wood.
A guide for using nd enjoying this book -- Seeds of wisdom: keepers of life on earth -- Tips and techniques for bringing this book to life -- Native American stories and plant activities -- The Sky Tree (Huron-Eastern Woodland) -- How Kishelemukong made the people and the seasons (Lenni Lenape-Eastern Woodland) -- The thanks to the trees (Seneca-Eastern Woodland) -- Flowers and fruits, seeds and spores -- The circle of life and the clambake (Wampanoag-Eastern Woodland) -- Fallen star's ears (Cheyenne-Plains) -- Koluskap and Malsom )Passamaquoddy-Eastern Woodland) -- Why some trees are always green (Cherokee-Southeast) -- The bitterroot (Salish-Plateau) -- The first basket (Mandan-Plains) -- Blue dawn ((Isleta Pueblo-Southwest) -- Survival -- The woman who lives in the earth (Chugach Inuit-Arctic) -- Waw Giwulk: The center of the basket (O'odham-Southwest) -- How fox brought the forests from the sky (Snoqualmie-Pacific Northwest) -- The people of maize (Lacandon Maya-Middle America) -- Waynabozho and the wild rice (Anishinabe [Ojibwa or Chippewa]-Eastern Woodland) -- Healing our relations -- The Buffalo Bull and the Cedar tree (Osage-Plains).
