Today our students traveled from Asia back to North America to learn Native American fables and stories from the Old West.
Students learned about the significance of the Totem Pole in Native American culture, and what each shape, animal, and color symbolize. They made one of their own in Arts & Crafts.
Students learned about the significance of the Totem Pole in Native American culture, and what each shape, animal, and color symbolize. They made one of their own in Arts & Crafts.
Shane Long, also known as White Raven, shared a true Native American experience with our students this morning. He greeted the students in the Algonquin language, the native language to Quinnehtukqut (Connecticut). Quinnehtukqut means land of the long river. He explained each piece of the regalia that he was wearing for his program today. He told our students that Native American stories were shared to teach a lesson. White Raven started by telling our students the Story of the Corn Husk Woman, who lost her face due to her vanity.
White Raven showed students how to do a Native American traditional dance and he asked the students to join in with him. Students thoroughly enjoyed his performance!
This afternoon, we left the Native American villages and headed to an Old Western town. Calamity Jane joined us to tell us stories from her small Western town and why she became known as Calamity Jane.
She invited a few friends up to the stage to join her in some storyAtelling and American singing! What a fun time!
We had a great time visiting Native American villages and spending time in the Old West today at Folktale Fiesta! Tomorrow we are traveling from North America to Africa!