There were four chiefs: Mr. Bear, Cougar, Bald Eagle, and Salmon. They met to try to figure out what it was that they were going to do. They knew of a place where there were many salmon. This would be the best thing of the coming people. It would keep them strong and healthy; besides, it would taste so good! But there was a problem. The salmon were being held way up river by a dam and were being guarded by some women, who when crossed would stop at nothing to destroy anything that got in the way of keeping their salmon and doing their work.”
-Native American legend recorded by Martin Louie and Diana Brooks. Published in Wicazo Sa Review, 1990.
Based on passage, in which region of North America do you think the Native American people who told this legend lived?
Choose 1
the pacific north west
the great plains
the south west
the northeast