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    I am Cornflower: Educational Version
    I am Cornflower: Educational Version
    I am Cornflower: Educational Version
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    I am Cornflower: Educational Version

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    My white name is Kathy, but my Indian name is Cornflower. I was born in the time when the flowers blossom in the stalks of corn around our village. The cornflower blossom was the first thing my father saw after I had been brought into the world of men. That is why I have the name Cornflower.
    A cornflower is a small blue flower that likes to blossom in the corn fields. Some white people call it a bachelor’s button because men used to wear it in their buttonholes when they were courting a woman. The Apache people have grown corn for many years and the cornflower has always grown among the corn. My people have used it as medicine for many years.
    I live on the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona. The white men call it Fort Apache. We just call it “the res”, short for the reservation. Here we are surrounded by trees and mountains, and the great White River runs through our land.

    Read the story of this young White Mountain Apache girl and learn what it is like to live on the reservation.

    Ages 7 to 10.

    The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

    LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateSep 20, 2013
    ISBN9781301877041
    I am Cornflower: Educational Version

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    I am Cornflower - Cornflower

    I AM CORNFLOWER

    THE STORY OF A

    WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE GIRL

    By Cornflower

    A LearningIsland.com

    15 - Minute Book

    Edited by Carry Johnson

    Pictures by NPS

    Smashwords Edition

    (c) Copyright 1997 Cornflower. All rights reserved.

    Published by LearningIsland.com

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    I Am Cornflower / Cornflower

    Summary: A brief look at the life of a young White Mountain Apache girl.

    1. Native Americans. Juvenile Literature. 2. Apache. Juvenile Literature. 3. White Mountain, AZ. Juvenile Literature.

    Created in USA

    Words: 1389

    Reading Level: 4.6

    Ages 8 and up.

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    I AM CORNFLOWER

    The Story of a White Mountain Apache Girl

    My white name is Kathy, but my Indian name is Cornflower. I was born in the time when the flowers blossom in the stalks of corn around our village. The cornflower blossom was the first thing my father saw after I had been brought into the world of men. That is why I have the name Cornflower.

    A cornflower is a small blue flower that likes to blossom in the corn fields. Some white people call it a

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