LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Teaching life-skills to the younger members of the tribe.
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Keeping the memories of past generations alive.
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Keeping the children well feed.
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Learning from the experiences of the elders.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Oral traditions are the backbone of Indigenous knowledge transfer and storytelling is the method by which much is shared. Storytelling serves to connect individuals and communities to their place and time as well as each other. Stories are also used to teach history, cultural etiquette, and spiritual beliefs.
Detailed explanation-2: -There is a Native American proverb that says, “It takes a 1, 000 voices to tell a single story.” The characters of your life-your ancestors, your family, and your friends-add a voice to your story in ways that bring it color, laughter, and tears.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Sky Woman stepped onto that land and created the moon, sun and stars. She gave birth to twin sons, Sapling and Flint. Sapling was the good son and Flint, the evil one. Sapling created all that is good in the world while Flint worked to destroy it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Some of the most well-known American Indian tribes are the Apache, the Sioux, the Cherokee, and the Cheyenne. There are also many others, such as the Blackfeet, the Arapaho, and the Navajos.