Action-Packed Native American Trickster Tale

Watch this traditional Native American trickster tale comes to life with Deaf performance artist, storyteller, and professor, Peter Cook!

About the story: “Everyone knows how rude and grumpy bears can be if they don’t get enough sleep! When a bad-tempered bear trips over a tiny turtle, no-one can foresee the consequence. When Turtle challenges Bear to a race along the lakeshore, Bear is confident about the outcome. But Turtle is smarter than Bear can imagine…” (source)  

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