The Crao are an indigenous group of Tocantins in Brazil who speak a Je language of the Timbira group. In the Aldeias, Crao students often use the same materials as other Brazilian students. The Indians often do not consider these educational materials good because textbook content does not pertain to their culture and they cannot make sense out of it. Researchers developed a collection of texts in Crao and Portuguese for educational purposes. The text presented in this paper describes an important Crao festival that involves a sacred axe. The educational materials reflect the everyday practices of the different Indian people of Tocantins, starting with the Crao. The paper offers a passage, which is the first lesson in the textbook, that describes the festival (which celebrates good harvesting). In order to prepare an educational program using this text, teachers can have students make word lists or can record and listen to different texts in specific or related languages. The teacher must be bilingual and well-prepared with a methodological sequence of subjects relating to Indian life. (SM)