LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The sky
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The sea
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The earth
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Where animals come from
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the creation stories of the Lenape and Iroquois people, the Earth is created as soil is piled on the back of a great sea turtle that continues to grow until it is carrying the entire world. Many indigenous tribes in North America refer to the continent as Turtle Island to this day.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the story “The Earth on Turtles Back” it explores a very nurturing and unique way that the earth was created. The original idea was brought on by the Native Americans but is retold by the authors. It explores the idea that animals and dreams helped start the building of earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -The animals that died trying to get soil for the woman were to always be remembered by her. The turtle risked its life for the woman so she said she would look after all of its descendants. Since the mother died, she became the moon. The moon guides the little turtles to the land so they can survive.
Detailed explanation-4: -How do the opening words of this story identify it as an origin myth? “Before this Earth existed” open up this myth and inform us right away that we are reading an origin myth. The whole point of an origin myth is to explain how the world came to be.