Origin Myths
"When Grizzlies Walked Upright" comes from this tribe
What is Modoc?
The Iroquois Constitution is this type document.
What is political?
Explain how ___ lives came to exist
What is human lives?
A trickster is a ___ creature or being.
What is crafty?
Human being live in ____ with the physical universe.
What is harmony?
"Earth on Turtle's Back" identifies a belief that these should not be ignored.
What are dreams?
The IC explains why and how this group should come together.
What is the Five Nations?
Creation myths explain the workings of the ___ world.
What is natural?
A trickster uses ___ to get food, etc.
What is cunning?
A deep reverence for the ___
What is land?
"Navajo Origin Legend" shows that these 2 things were valued customs.
What are rituals and ceremonies?
The leaves of the tree symbolize this.
What is protection under the law?
Creation myths support and validate ____ customs.
What is social?
A trickster's purpose is often to simply cause ___.
What is mischief?
NA themes include ___ and the idea of circularity.
What are directions?
Myths involve this type of element.
What is supernatural?
...to show that the Iroquois will not fight each other.
What is the war club buried beneath the tree?
Guide people through the trials of ___
What is life?
A trickster ___ the order of things, often humiliating others.
What is disrupts?
Native Americans believe in a strong sense of ___.
What is community?
Modoc do not kill grizzly bears because they are supposedly these.
What are ancestors?
Name four values/beliefs of the Iroquois people.
What are respect for diversity, cooperation and teamwork, fair decisions, respect for women?
Creation myths instill a sense of the mystery of the universe and attempt to ___ that mystery.
What is explain?
In Native American traditions, the trickster takes many forms. One of the most common forms is the ___.
What is coyote?
Native Americans believe that humans live in harmony with the physical and ____ universe.
What is spiritual?