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English 11 Literature #2 Mr. Rinka

English 11 Literature #2 Mr. Rinka. Native American Myths & Legends. Native American Literature Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007 . (6). Native Americans came to America more than 12,000 years ago.

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English 11 Literature #2 Mr. Rinka

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  1. English 11 Literature #2Mr. Rinka Native American Myths & Legends

  2. Native American LiteraturePrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (6) Native Americans came to America more than 12,000 years ago. No written account from that history. Historians have deduced from artifacts songs, legends, and myths.

  3. Native American Literature European explorers brought diseases that killed a large portion of the natives. By the time settlers arrived, the Native American population had greatly diminished.

  4. Native American Literature Native Americans were friendly at first to the European settlers. They shared there knowledge in farming and woodcraft to help settlers survive.

  5. Native American Literature Eventually, the Native American peoples were conquered by the growing American culture and were forced onto reservations. Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (6)

  6. Native American LiteraturePrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (9) Native Americans were not writers. Their song lyrics, hero tales, migration legends and creation stories were expressed orally.

  7. Native American Literature The Native American prized the person who sang or told these stories as did the Greeks (Homer). Throughout all of Native American songs, myths and legends runs a overarching respect for nature. Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (9)

  8. Onondagahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_people The Onondaga (the People of the Hills) are one of the original five nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca nations)

  9. Onondagahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_people Their traditional homeland is in and around Onondaga County, New York. http://www.esf.edu/nativepeoples/

  10. Onondagahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_people The Cayuga and Seneca lived to their west and the Oneida and Mohawk to their east. The League of the Iroquois met at the their government's capital at Onondaga, and still do today.

  11. Location of Onondaga Tribe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Onondaga_County,_New_York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_New_York_highlighting_Onondaga_County.svg

  12. Onondagahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_people Centrally located, they were considered the "Keepers of the Fire" of the symbolic longhouse. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/45100/45168/45168_long_house.htm

  13. The Earth on Turtle’s BackPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (17) An origin myth is a traditional story told from generation to generation to explain: Religious ceremonies, customs, & institutions. Natural phenomena or landmarks

  14. The Earth on Turtle’s BackPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (17) Things that occur beyond man’s control.

  15. The Earth on Turtle’s BackPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (17) Native Americans had great respect for nature and all wildlife which sustained their existence.

  16. The Earth on Turtle’s BackPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (17) Native Americans had great respect for nature and all wildlife which sustained their existence.

  17. The Earth on Turtle's Back

  18. The Earth on Turtle’s Back How do we know this is an origin myth? The opening line, “Before this Earth existed, there was only water.”

  19. The Earth on Turtle’s Back Why did the earth have to be created? The animals realized the princess falling from the sky could not live in water.

  20. The Earth on Turtle’s Back Who becomes the hero of this tale? The “tiny muskrat” is the hero illustrating that neither size nor status have a bearing on one’s potential to contribute to society.

  21. The Earth on Turtle’s Back What is the theme of this tale? All of nature works together to survive. Man is no different in this regard. He must honor and respect the natural world and work in collaboration with it.

  22. Modochttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_Tribe_of_Oklahoma The Modoc Tribe in Oklahoma is a federally recognized tribe of Modoc people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma

  23. Modochttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_Tribe_of_Oklahoma The Modoc Tribe originally were from Southern Oregon/Northern California. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oregon_in_United_States.svg

  24. Modochttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_Tribe_of_Oklahoma They are descendants of Captain Jack's band of Modoc people who lived in along the California-Oregon border.

  25. Modochttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_Tribe_of_Oklahoma For his part in the Modoc Wars, Capt. Jack was tried and executed for war crimes. The few remaining Modocs were moved from the West Coast after the Modoc Wars to Oklahoma in 1873.

  26. When Grizzlies Walked UprightPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (21) This legend from the Modoc people explains how all Native American people came to be. The story is meant to entertain as much as inform.

  27. When Grizzlies Walked Upright

  28. When Grizzlies Walked UprightPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (21) Explain what is happening in the opening paragraph. Mt. Shasta in Northern California is a landmark that the Modoc people would have known well. It is a volcanic mountain and this explains its origin.

  29. Mount Shastahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shasta

  30. When Grizzlies Walked UprightPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (21) What is the significance of the Grizzly bear? The grizzly bear was the most powerful and feared of all the natural creatures. Its size, strength, speed and ferocious nature was respected by the native Americans.

  31. When Grizzlies Walked UprightPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (21) What was the father’s reaction to what had happened to his daughter? He was first relieved then angry. He made the grizzlies walk on four legs and never talk again; he scattered the creatures, his grandchildren; he took his daughter and never returned.

  32. When Grizzlies Walked UprightPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (21) Why did the Native Americans living around Mt. Shasta never kill a grizzly bear? They are the offspring of the grizzly bear and owe their origin to the it. The grizzly bear as their origin ancestor is symbolic of their roots.

  33. Navajohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people The Navajo of Southwestern United States are the largest recognized US tribe with over 300,000 enrolled tribal members.

  34. Navajohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people The Navajo Indian reservation is in the Four Corners area of the United States, their traditional homeland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Corners

  35. Navajohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people Along with the Pueblo, the Navajo have a long and cherished history that is still honored today. Their cultural influences are seen throughout the American Southwest.

  36. Navajohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_people

  37. Navajo Origin LegendPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (24) The idea that Navajo men and women were created from wind and ears of corn reflect the significance of the wind which is symbolic of breathing and corn which is the primary source of food along with deer.

  38. from The Navajo Origin Legend

  39. Navajo Origin LegendPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (25) Who were the four Navajo gods? White Body, Blue Body, Yellow Body & Black Body

  40. Navajo Origin LegendPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (25) Describe the ritual that was followed. Ablutions (cleansing) = Female mirage people washed in yellow cornmeal/Male washed in white cornmeal

  41. Gods laid one buckskin on the ground with head to the west. A yellow ear of corn with a yellow eagle feather under it and white ear with a white eagle feather under it were laid on the buckskin with tips facing east.

  42. A second buckskin covered the corn with head facing east. Mirage people backed away and allowed the wind to enter. While the wind blew, 8 Mirage people circled the scene 4 times.

  43. The feathers moved and the when the top buckskin was removed, there were a man and a woman.

  44. Order and RitualPrentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Teacher’s Edition, Vol. 1. Boston: Person Prentice Hall, 2007. (25) Order and ritual were important to the Navajo people. The precise ritual was needed to call the gods, and the order of that ritual had to be exact. We can assume that these concepts served the Navajo well.

  45. The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations

  46. Constitution of the Iroquois Nation What does this document tells us about the Iroquois people? They were extremely intelligent and not “savages.” They had strong and enlightened leaders.

  47. They realized the need for rules, law, and order. They had a respect for the individual and his/her worth. They sought to preserve their culture.

  48. They understood the concept of strength in numbers through cooperation. Their constitution and its ideals preceded our US Constitution.

  49. Discussion In a Socratic Seminar explore this topic: Read a myth or legend from your culture and discuss the importance of its themes and lessons.

  50. Additional Assignment 1 Attack of the Mammoth Read: “Attack of the Monmouth” Journal: #3 Answer these 3 Questions and share with others: What is the lesson of this myth? What are 2 qualities a good leader must have? Why are they important?

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