LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Beowulf
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The Odyssey
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The Song of Hiawatha
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The story of Gluskabe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sarah Winnemucca (Paiute) wrote about her tribe’s first interactions with European Americans in Life Among the Paiutes, and John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee) wrote what is considered the first novel by a Native American, The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta, about the infamous California bandit.
Detailed explanation-2: -In American Indian communities, people tell legends, folktales, and fables. They tell these stories for many reasons: to recount the history of the people, to tell where they came from, or to relate the exploits of a particular hero. Often stories are told to educate children about cultural morals and values.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee) wrote the first Native American novel in English, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta (1854).
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.