Native American Literature

Nov 30, 2014

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Native American Literature. Selected Resources Presented by Heid E. Erdrich. Reference Links. Oyate http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html •Internet Public Library Native American Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/ Storytellers Native Wiki

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Native American Literature Selected Resources Presented by Heid E. Erdrich
Reference Links • Oyate http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html •Internet Public Library Native American Authors • http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/ • Storytellers Native Wiki • http://www.nativewiki.org/Storytellers:_Native_American_Authors_Online
Birchbark Books • On-Line Catalog
Narrative of Ojibwe Elder • When Everybody Called Me Gah-bay-bi-nayss An ethnographic biography of Paul Peter Buffalo produced by Tim Roufs
Sherman Alexie • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian

Native American Literature

Oral Tradition Creation Mythology Origin Mythology Trickster Tales. Native American Literature . In the oral tradition, stories are passed from one generation to the next aloud rather than being physically recorded. Oral Tradition. Creation Mythology.

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Native American Literature. Oral Tradition, Archetypes, Mythology, Folklore, and Exemplum. Native American Literature. Sacred narratives Oral Tradition Important themes: Creation, Nature, Morals Common elements: Great Spirit Ancestry Seasons Weather Plants Animals

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Native American Literature. It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story. Native American Proverb. Native American Literature. There are two types of Native American Literature.

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Native American Literature. Samantha Edwards 4 th Period. When Grizzlies Walked Upright by Modoc Tribe.

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Native American Literature. Origin Myths/Folklore. Explain how life began Passed down from one generation to another by word of mouth through oral tradition Explain customs, institutions, religious rites, landmarks, and other phenomena

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Native American Literature. Copy these notes onto your paper…. Commonalities among Native American literature … Use stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world (including customs, landmarks, events they don’t understand, etc .)

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Native American Literature. American Literature begins with the American Experience. Before Colonists (1600s), Columbus (1492), Northmen (1000) Native Americans Each tribe’s literature is tightly woven into fabric of daily life Living with the land; nature’s part in orgin

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Native American Literature. The First Americans. How do we compare? For each Native American belief, write what Modern Americans think…. Basic Beliefs. Native Americans . Modern Americans. Land is sacred. It is a living entity that must be treated with respect No one owns the land

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Native American Literature. History. America is a land of immigrants First Native Americans migrated to NA Continent 20,000-40,000 years ago by crossing the Bering Strait Land/Ice bridge Settled in small tribal communities across continent

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Native American Literature. Native American Literature. The most striking fact about N.A. literature is the cultural diversity that it represents. At the time of Columbus – 350 distinct languages existed in the U.S. Thousands of distinct cultural groups existed as well. so.

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Native American Literature. By: Vista Townsend. Myths. The purpose of myths is to seek to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society. Myths usually have religious or supernatural elements and have a character that is immortal

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Native American Literature. Many of us have formed negative stereotypes of Native Americans based on Hollywood depictions Who owns the land? Native Americans saw themselves as caretakers of the land. Tribes did not understand the European concept of land ownership.

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Native American Literature. Section 1: Background. Visitors to America. 1492 Christopher Columbus 1499 Amerigo Vespuci. 1,000+ years ago, Norsemen traveled to North America. 700-1000 years ago, the Chinese traveled to North America.

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Native American Literature. Oral language. The languages of Native American tribes were never written down before the English arrived from Europe. Their stories, poems and songs were passed verbally from generation to generation.

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Native American Literature. Stories were kept alive by word of mouth Passed down epic narratives, stories, poems, songs, oratory, chants Not recognized until the late 1800s Why? Hard to be translated from hundreds of different languages. Generalizations of Native American Literature.

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Native American Literature. Day 1 “Native America is not so much a geographical destination as a cultural one. To find it, you have to experience it”. Historical & Cultural Context.

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Native American Literature. Historical Backgrounds Culture and Literature. The First Americans. The original native peoples belonged to more than 200 distinct groups who spoke more than 500 different languages.

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Native American Literature. Beth Everett Worth County High School. Historical & Cultural Context. Our American identity as we know it is a product of our past.

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Native American Literature. Engelbert 2014 Grade 11. Many of us have formed negative stereotypes of Native Americans based on Hollywood depictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJFi7SRH7Q

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Native American Literature. 30,000BC - 1730. Historical Context. N.A.’s have been in America 30 times longer than Europeans. N. A.’s befriended the first Europeans and instructed them in agriculture and woodcraft .

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Native American Literature. Section 1: Background. Question #1. Who was the first person to discover America? (think Kindergarten). Answer. If you put Christopher Columbus you are WRONG!. Christopher Columbus was the LAST person to discover America. Columbus Discovers America.

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Native American Literature. Engelbert 2015 Grade 11. Many of us have formed negative stereotypes of Native Americans based on Hollywood depictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJFi7SRH7Q

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