LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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It passes along history and knowledge to a younger generation.
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It is a way to pass the time.
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It was not really that important.
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It was more efficient than waiting for the internet to be invented.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As Native Americans explored their land, storytelling became an important tool. It was used to pass down traditions such as local customs, how to live off the land and how to survive in the natural environment in which they lived.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although American Indian stories provide entertainment, their primary purpose is to educate. There may be a given time, place, and person to tell a given story. Oral histories and other special kinds of stories were often the prerogative of particular families, elders, chiefs, and medicine people.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is a way of preserving the culture and beliefs of a tribe or community and passing them down to the next generation. That is the real significance of oral traditions. However, storytelling does not need to be limited to oral recitation. It can take form through drawings, paintings, dance or even puppet shows.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before there was writing, there was storytelling. It occurs in every culture and from every age. It exists (and existed) to entertain, to inform, and to promulgate cultural traditions and values.
Detailed explanation-5: -Stories are magic, they can create other worlds, emotions, ideas and make the everyday seem incredible. They can teach us empathy and take us on terrific journeys. They can make us laugh, cry, jump with fright and then comfort us with a happy ending.