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listen up we're excited today you're about to see a play it's going to be uh it's going to be fun are you having fun yet okay you'll even have more fun after this okay this is going to be great this is going to be a good show we're going to have your questions and answers held to the to the um after the performance okay so if you have a question think about it in your head save it till after the performance and then I myself will come by with the microphone so you can be heard by everyone okay thank you for coming today the T to many voices this hour we're going to have a storytelling by the coyote tale performers here at the yaka Cultural Center they're members of the yaka cultural Center's library and to introduce this program I'm going to hand the microphone over to Joyce good afternoon my name is Joyce Victoria button I'm the director here for this particular play that we're going to be doing this play is out of a book called anuku IA the way it was our story is worm face we hope that you enjoy it I'm going to need to have a little bit of uh participation from the audience we have these masks here for the children and I would like each child to come up and take one of these masks when we run out don't be disappointed but come up and take one of these masks masks and I'd like you to be right here on the bottom children okay okay okay then that's it then that's it when they're out they're out and then the children that have the mask go ahead and stay the rest of you back in your seats thank you all right thank you everyone is up if you have a mask please stand up here by the stage if you didn't don't be ashamed have a seat okay thank you very much children are recording this is marida Kip over here our supervisor for the acation library who's going to be doing our voice recording Jolina here our assistant head librarian the Chiefs beautiful daughter thinks that she is better than everyone else her conceit almost gets her killed but everything turns out all right after she learns that a good heart is more important than good looks there lived a chief in this part of the country who had a beautiful daughter she had long black hair and was a pleasure to look upon one day the old woman and also the girl's father told her that she was old old enough to think about taking a husband so all of the eligible men began coming to the Chief and asking for her hand but this young lady was very conceeding she would not accept any of those young men she would make fun of them pointing out their defects oh that one looks funny he has a large nose the chief was very worried he felt sad that she would not accept any of those who come from to ask for her from their own part of the country one day out of the woods came a stranger The Stranger was very handsome he was dressed in beautiful clothes his hair was long and beautifully braided and he had very proper manners they took him to the chief's Tepee they did that because a long time ago it was the chief's responsibility to take care of strangers in their Village when the chief's daughter saw the stranger she was immediately attracted to him and she began thinking that this is why she had been waiting The Stranger was also attracted to the girl it was not long before the stranger was asking the chief for his daughter's hand in marriage I would like to take your daughter for my wife the chief felt very sad this was his only daughter and she wanted him to leave and go to another part of the world to live with a stranger although she was spoiled and conceited he still loved his daughter very much finally he was forced to give his consent all right if that's what she wants I give my consent for your marriage the chief gave a big Feast he invited all the creatures to announce that he was given his daughter to the stranger from another part of the world they celebrated and there was much rejoicing the stranger told the chief I must return to my own land I come from way back East I am going to take my wife with me to my land where I live then the chief became very sad but he realized that it was the duty of the wife to go with the husband so the conceited daughter told her father I am leaving you father I'm going with my husband they traveled 3 days on the fourth day just as it was breaking daylight she awoke with a strange feeling she turned to look at her husband whom she thought was so good-looking to her dismay she saw worms callling out of his eyes mouth nose and all over his head and face he looked t terrible the girl was shocked Beyond description she could not take her eyes off this man whom she once thought was so handsome when he woke up and found her staring at him he said why are you frightened this is the real me this is the way I really look I turned myself into a handsome person when I hear there is a conceited girl some place I hold her and take her for my wife so why are you crying you wanted a goodlooking man and that's the way I looked when you took me for your husband then he told her about his mother who lived in a big lake in the East she is a People Eater she eats only conceited girls just like you then he laughed H you are so skinny my mother will not want to eat you because you are so skinny I must feed you and fatten you up before I take you to her you stay here and wait for me while I hunt for food don't go any place because you will get lost then he left her at the camp she fell face down on the bed and began to cry she was so sorry that she got herself into the situation she kept thinking oh how I wish I was back home with my father among my own people I made a big mistake then she began to cry again somewhere she heard a distant sound as if somebody was trying to call her hey hey you the sound was Fain and weak she sat up and looked all around but she could not see anything or anybody she got scared and thought perhaps worm face was coming back she sat very still and was staring off into space when she happened to look down to the ground she saw an army of ants running around near her feet but she ignored heard them then she heard this sound again hey hey hey you hey hey wor Face's wife somebody calling to her then she realized it was the ants calling her she got down on her knees closer to the ground and asked the ants what they wanted of her they told her you don't think your husband is very goodlooking do you he looks terrible we want you to give us your promise that you will no longer be conceited don't think that because you're the chief's daughter that you're better than other people if you promise this we will help you the girl cried I promise I will never be like that again I'll never think I'm better than other people so the ants told her to fetch her bundle they instructed her to make a pair of moccasins with a special heel on that Hill she was to sew a small piece of buck skin protruding from the back of the hill just as the Indians make their moccasins today the conceited girl followed instructions just as as the ants told her she kept her project a secret from her husband when he would return she would hide the moccasins in her bundle but he kept feeding her to fatten her up for his mother she ate everything he gave her so that she could work on her moccasins when they were nearing the place where his mother lived in the lake the girl told her husband I want to rest I'm getting tired he gave his consent you only have three more days then my mother will eat you and go ahead and rest while they were resting she puts on moccasins he saw them on her feet and he laughed at her what funny looking moccasins then he told her let us hurry on my mother must be very hungry when they arrived at the edge of the lake where his mother lived the girl looked at the huge dark Lake it looked very scary wif called out to his mother oh mother I brought you another conceited girl for dinner the water in the lake boiled and churned and this huge monster came out of the water she was a terrible looking creature with large red eyes flaring nostrils and very sharp teeth BR face took the girl and made her stand at the edge of the lake the girl was very frightened but she made herself Brave and kept thinking of her promise to the ants she thought I am keeping my confidence that the Creator will help here my plead that I will never be conceited again and he will help me with the help of the ants then she looked down on the ground and saw the ants climbing around her Hills riding on the little strip of buckin behind her Hills they were riding on the piece of buckin the monster opened her mouth calling to her son throw that conceited girl into my mouth worm face grabbed her and tried to throw her into his mother's mouth but he could not budge her the ants were holding her down at the feet of the hill and they were weighing her down by riding on that little strip of buck skin this happened five times he tried to pick her up he could not move her after the fifth time the monster told her son she's stronger than I am oh let her go she's getting help from someplace we should not harm her let her go free the girl was grateful she returned to her home but she was a changed girl she had different thoughts she was no longer a conceited girl she changed her heart into a good heart when she arrived at her own land she told her people about what happened she told them that she nearly died she said that she was taught a lesson it is a great sin to think bad things about people don't think you're better than other people the conceited girl married somebody from her own V Village and learned to live like other people her father was very happy the Creator was happy too so they had great feasting in their Village inviting all the creatures to come and hear what happened to this girl and how she changed from a conceited girl to a new person the man she married was not goodlooking but he had a heart of gold he was considerate and kind to his wife and to all the people he knew how to provide for her he made her very happy and they lived happily until she had her own family she passed on the lesson she had learned to her own children they also passed this lesson to their own children the end thank you very much children if you can put their your hats back up on the stage we're going to have some question and answer time here give that microphone there okay micone okay did did you kids enjoy that you did all right we're going to ask you some um if you have any questions like to ask Joyce or the actors the performers here please raise your hand and arrange will come around what was the girl's name that's a good question I'll let the girl answer that there's really no specific name I guess in the story but my name's Kathy and work with the library maybe we'll let everybody introduce themselves and what part they played my name is fedra and I was the young lady's mother hello uh name is Jacob wolf tale um I was her dad chief of the village and I was also her aunt I mean the ant okay I was Kathy I'm I was the conceited daughter who thought she was better than everybody and couldn't find a decent husband that fitted her who was handsome enough uh my name's Chester I played the guy that got turned down in the first place uh because he he didn't look the way the daughter wanted him to and uh still ended up marrying in the end that is important hi I'm Chris chrisper and um I was the handsome man and warm face also um and that's what I I know okay here's that and again Joyce button I was room Face's mother any other questions any questions about their costumes or the story how did you like wearing the masks the little hats what are the clothes made of well this one is made of silver lame this shirt this shirt here I'm wearing is a ribbon shirt it's a um I don't know what type of shirt it is but it's a ribbon shirt yeah well my ribbon shirt it's got buttons and gold on it so it's just pretty much the same thing he's got but better looking mine is a called a wing dress and usually back then when you were growing up you always had to be dressed suitable you know covered you always had to be covered your braids always had to be braided in two parts you always had to have the Furs this is like otter fur you always had to have it on a belt you always had to have moxin and you know just you had to be suitable you you know it's just the way they were back then you you know you always had to look nice and your hair had to be braided and it's just hello Jake wolf tail uh uh what I'm wearing is a ribbon shirt and some handsome Shopco and moccasins and a vest and the type of traditional uh things that are wearing it's uh only used for like uh I believe the way I was taught for funerals and watch shut Services um I don't recall what the Indians actually wore around in everyday life but it wasn't what we're wearing today this only used for special services like like uh like our um like our religion the wash religion seven drum religion and uh for funerals it's only be it's only supposed to be used for that but yeah but we're wearing them so I don't want to say nothing okay so here's peder I I also have a wing dress and that's all I have oh and underdress would you mind tell us about the m masks and how you made the masks I um You The Masks are made out of a crochet paper oh crochet paper mâché you know where you get like a balloon and you uh um put newspaper around it and it just formed and cut out the yakam Nation Tribal school made him for us which really nice work we got a he's in another story and we got the witch um this was a actual imprint of someone's face i j um but yeah but uh yeah that's all I can say about the masks the little okay we have another question here what of all your names in the stories pardon me we didn't hear that what are you what are your names in the story there are no specific names that we just go by it's the worm face story so the major person in this story is worm face and the conceited daughter of the chief so we don't actually have names that was what uh we were explaining it's a it's a a story that happened a long time ago we don't actually know the names of the people that were alive during that time it's a traditional story a very it is a very traditional story as I stated before this is a this is a true yakam legend out of the book anaku IA the way it was what are the maps for on the sides well these Maps actually are not part of the story these part are exhibit to show the lwis and Clark Trail and the yakam nation is right up here where LS and Clark passed 200 years ago we have a another question over here was the mask of the witch um were there worms sticking out when they were alive I think he's talking about warm Face's mask after there was no really real any um worms coming out the eyes I was just big eyes thank you it's an exaggeration of how ugly a person actually could look that they had worms out of their eyes that would be like maggots like they were past the time of being alive that she didn't want to be married to him any longer because he was not as attractive as she thought he should be when she woke up in the morning remember she was very conceited and she had had high expectations so love is very fickle she may have thought she loved him one day but the next day she didn't like him anymore how old is the story it's very very old from another family oh you would I would encourage you to read the book you can get that book in the cultural center here the library maybe this book is is no longer in print but we do have the story and you could come and see the story at the library we do have it on file yeah you should come back with your families and your moms and dads to learn and read more stories uh that's all the time we have now today we're going to split um the groups up to go outside let's give the coyote tell performers a round of applause and choice thank you for coming out today thank you for having us 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