History
What continent did humans start on?
Africa
What animal finds the soil to start the land?
Muskrat
What is the difference between the twins?
The right-handed one did everything that was expected, and the left-handed one did not follow the rules.
What did Coyote do to Buffalo Bull's skull
Kicked it, spat at it, blew dust in the eye sockets.
What happened to Fox's wife?
She fell in love with Whale, and Whale kidnapped her.
Why was there more exposed land during the ice age?
A lot of the water was the glaciers/ice.
Where does the vegetation that the first woman plants come from?
The sacred tree's roots which she grabbed when she fell.
What were the first two animals the twins create?
The deer and the mountain lion
What did Coyote's Squas-tenk create to help Coyote?
Three trees
How did Coyote and Fox find Fox's Wife?
Two Handmaidens were sent to find food for her since she couldn't eat the water people's food.
Name two of the civilizations that came to power in Central America.
Aztec and Mayan
How did the second woman (the daughter) die?
The left-handed twin was born out of her armpit.
The left-handed brother creates poisons. Why are these considered good?
The poisons in small doses are also medicine.
What did Coyote create to make Buffalo Bull like him?
Horns
What happened to Whale at the end of the story?
He was beheaded and his head was thrown towards the setting sun.
Name two of the Iroquois tribes
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, or Seneca.
What are three of the four plants that grew out of the daughter?
Squash, corn, beans, and tobacco
How did the right-handed brother finally defeat the left-handed brother?
They entered each other's mind, and he learned how to lie, and his brother learned how to tell the truth.
What special powers did the Buffalo Cow have?
If fat was cut off of her for food, rub ashes on the spot and the wound will heal.
Mouse
What was the approximate time the Mississippian civilization started building cities and mounds? Within 500 years.
3500 B.C.
Who do they think the father of the twins is?
The West Wind
What happened to the grandmother?
The right-handed brother beheaded her and threw her head up in the sky, becoming the moon
What does this myth explain? (one of two things)
How buffalo got their horns, and why there are no buffalo in Washington State.
What does this myth explain? (one of two things)
Why there are no whales in lakes and rivers, and why the people who live off the water don't get along with the people who live off the land.