George Blondin has documented a number of stories in this text, most of which are related to Medicine Power. In a foreword, he explains that a teacher can use the stories for students K-9 but should read them to younger students with some explanation or context.

The stories contain teachings about:
The role of elders as teachers; weak and strong medicine power; medicine power for different things; communicating with animals; Yamoria and Yamozah; dancing; drum songs; sustainable hunting and times of scarcity; the prophet Ayah; Dene faith and its relationship to Christianity; animals behaving improperly; meeting the first white man; how to live well to get medicine power; using power in hand games; reincarnation; and George Blondin’s grandfather.

Read about more of Blondin's work on Medicine Power and Histories of the Sahtú region. 

Access this Resource: 

Legends and Stories from the Past has been made available open access by several organizations, such as Learn Alberta:

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/kes/pdf/or_cf_fnmi_ot_ss_02_legends.pdf

Blondin, George. Legends and Stories from the Past. Yellowknife: Northwest Territories Department of Education, Culture, and Employment. 2000.