Don't Let the Sun Step Over You by Eva Tulene Watt

Ch. 7

Six Families at Chediskai
• Eva and her family stayed in Chediskai, while many families came and went around them.
* meeting different people all the time would teach a person lots of patients, but sometimes frustration will leak through. P. 166
Each Corn was Like a person
• Farming was the family’s means of income and sustinence. They got up early every day to do their duties.
* Eva notices her mother treats the corn not just as sustenance but almost as a part of the family by the way she shows such care for it. P.167
Lots of Turkeys
• Fun memory of barbecuing corn. The turkey come and sneak some.
* Even when you are doing serious things like cooking something can always go wrong, but it is best to make humor out of it.
Old-timer Beans
• Eva’s brother finds a cave that someone has lived in and finds beans there. He takes them to his mother, and she plants them. Eva compares the beans to an old timer beans because of the way they grow.
* certain types of foods are passed on through trial and error, and observation. They were curious about the beans, so they tried growing them.
I Shot the Deer
• Eva goes on a hunting trip and shoots a deer
* At that time on the reservation Native Americans were allowed to hunt what ever they wished when ever. Also, it was not looked down on in their culture to have a woman hunt.
Salt Banks
• Eva and her family got their salt from a salt cave. Two white men came and destroyed the cave
* the cave is sacred to the family. The white men died in the cave and tainted it.
An Ice Box at Chediskai
• The family builds an ice box to keep their food fresh
* cultures innovate and become successful.
A Food Cache at Spring Creek
• the family digs a hole and crafts a water tight basket that is large. They create a storage of food in it.
* cultures innovate and become successful
Not Many People had money
• They only got money for selling livestock
* money was not an object for native people. They helped each other survive by living off the land.

Ch. 8

Come on Down
• Eva’s step father takes care of the horses despite his lack of sight.
* animals know a person by their voice
Taming horses
• Charley Marley tamed the horses and had several methods in doing so
* taming horses along with other farm tasks seems like a difficult task to most but Eva makes it seem easy.
A Blue Donkey
• The donkey named Blue only lets one person ride it. A lady put her granddaughter on Blue while Eva’s mother was on the donkey and it bucked the girl off.
* some people do not head a warning.
What particular stories can you connect to?

How do these stories influence the family’s lives?