BUFFALO WOMAN

ACTIVITIES:

1. Write a paragraph describing the ways that Calf Bay showed his love for his mother and his father.

2. This story is an Indian legend. One theme of the legend is given at the end of the book: "We are all related." Explain this theme in your own words and tell how this idea applies to you and your classmates in a short essay.

3. Use watercolors to paint a picture that shows a dramatic scene from the book. Choose a scene that is not already pictured in the book. Write a caption, also.

4. The legend describes a close connection between the Indian and the buffalo. Use references to find out why the buffalo was so important to the Indians' way of life on the Great Plains. Write this in a paragraph.

                                               

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