Muskrat and Skunk: A Lakota Drum Story Mohican What do you hear

What do you hear

a history deeper and more complex than is often told

from Mississippi and Oklahoma to the northwest coast of the continent

beginning with his abrupt entry into the mainstream of Anglo-American life in 1873 at the age of fifteen

the variety of narrative forms

Muskrat and Skunk: A Lakota Drum Story Mohican What do you hearEnglish alongside Lakota translation by Agnes Gay. Perfect Reading for Ages Five and Up. Animals stop and listen. A new sound is in the forest. The beat vibrates through the trees and across the meadows. What is it? Where is it coming from? Muskrat and Skunk thump on a hollow log BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Birds begin to dance. Buffalo and Antelope join in. There is a rustle in the bushes; a large shape emerges. The animals scatter. Muskrat and Skunk drum on.