The Legend of Little Elk
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WHITE EYES Little Elk, is it true what Shooting Star had revealed to me about your cowardly weakness? Before Little Elk can reply, White Eyes makes a fist and is just inches away from striking his son’s chest. But instead he HITS HIS OWN CHEST. WHITE EYES (CONT’D) You dare disgrace me and all our tribe?
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Chief White Eyes is a very strong and powerful leader of his tribe, The Turtle Clan of the mighty Delaware. He stands six-feet-six. Little Elk is the Chief’s nine-year-old son whose burning desire is to become a great Medicine man, which conflicts with his father’s main concern; Little Elk shall one day become a great warrior Chief. Little Elk is forced to face the stinging scorn of his father’s angry accusations of cowardice, disgrace and the fear his father does not love him, and perhaps will even banish him from their tribe. Little Elk, desperately seeking his father’s love and approval, will attempt to show his courage, by climbing Eagle Mountain to pluck two eagle feathers. He meets with almost fatal results.
About the Author
I am a credentialed teacher who has taught all grade levels from K-12, special education and formerly taught Indian lore for the North Orange County Community College District. I am a member of the Cherokee Nation, Delaware Nation, and a member of the Oral History at California State University at Fullerton. I can trace my bloodlines to the Indian Chief Tamenend who signed the "Great Treaty" with William Penn in 1683. My interests are music, poetry, play writing, song writing, and writing children’s stories.