LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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An actual area on the other side of the continent
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A place where Earthwoman lives
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A place where people go after they die
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A place where Coyote can be found
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Detailed explanation-1: -Though each nation has its own stories, several themes that are common across the tribes are the link between the land and the people, a hero’s journey, and the supernatural and natural worlds. American Indian stories influenced and helped shape later American literature.
Detailed explanation-2: -Native American oral literature preserves cultural legacy and traditions through storytelling, oratory, and performance. Passed on through myths, songs, legends, and tales, oral literature places great importance on language. In the retelling, information must be remembered accurately.
Detailed explanation-3: -There are five main elements that can be found in American Indian Poems: the hero initiation, trickster characters, symbolic landmarks, mythology, and the practice of oral tradition.
Detailed explanation-4: -Common themes in Native American literature are worship of many gods and and a reverence for nature. Native American literary forms: migration of peoples, tales of great leaders, fairy tales, lyrics, chants, children’s songs, healing songs and dream visions.