Long ago there was a 65 year old man named The Great Beader. He beaded a lot of nice head dresses for great chiefs and warriors.

One day The Great Beader and his grandson, Running Deer, went out on a camping trip. The Great Beader told many legends. One of them was about how a great chief survived without any food for one week. It went like this.

One day a great chief named Faded Flower went out with a couple of his men. They went out on the rough water to hunt for fish, birds and animals because the tribe was almost out of food. But the two men fell out of the canoe and drowned. After five days had passed the chief himself had caught a lot of fish and birds. But he didn't eat them because he was thinking mainly about his people. Then he made a big head dress to wear for when he brought the food to his people. This was so the food would not spoil. The next day he got home and shared the food with his people. After The Great Beader told the story, his grandson, Running Deer, asked how to make a head dress.

The Great Beader then took out his pack and started making a head dress. By the next couple of days he had already put the feathers on the skin. On the third day he started beading the head dress. The Great Beader then said to Running Deer, "You must finish beading this head dress. If you finish it by tomorrow it will be yours."

"I will try my best to finish beading ," replied Running Deer. And the whole night long Running Deer stayed up. By the next day he had finished the head dress and he showed it to his grandfather.

That night, the Great Beader talked to Running Deer's spirits and asked them to give the head dress magic powers so that Running Deer would be a great hunter. The next day he gave the head dress to Running Deer.

After Running Deer received this magic gift he had much luck. He married a beautiful girl and became a great hunter, warrior, and, after his grandfather died, the chief of his people. He always had good luck hunting for his tribe.

By Gerilyn Fitka