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Native American Tribes
Elements of N.A. Mythology
Stories 1
Stories 2
Poems
100
Indians that influenced the Kiowa Indians
What is Crow
100
A character type, descriptive detail, image, or story pattern that recurs frequently in the literature of a culture.
What is archetype
100
"The Sky Tree" is considered a ______ myth.
What is creation
100
"The Way to Rainy Mountain" tells the story of _____ Indians.
What is Kiowa
100
In "Prayer to the Pacific" the form of the poem mimics
What is rolling waves
200
The Hurons called themselves
What is Wendats
200
Myth that tells how the world and human beings came to exist.
What is creation myth.
200
The origin of humans hunting with dogs comes from what story?
What is "How the Leopard Got His Claws"
200
Young Indians treated their elders with
What is reverence/respect
200
Origin myth in "Prayer to the Pacific"
What is rain
300
The Iroquois Nation is located
What is upstate New York
300
A common archetype in Native American literature that is frequently an animal
What is trickster
300
According to "The Sky Tree" earth exists
What is on the back of a sea turtle
300
Dekanawida's main objective in creating the Iroquois Constitution.
What is to unite the Iroquois tribes
300
In "Summer of the Black Widow" spiders hold this in their stomachs.
What is stories
400
Sequoyah was a part of which tribe
What is Cherokee
400
Stories passed down from one generation to the next as told and retold in households and tribal ceremonies.
What is oral literature
400
Similar to the Bill of Rights, the Iroquois could amend their constitution by
What is adding to the rafters.
400
Two elements consistently displayed in Native American literature
What is nature and animals
400
In "Summer of Black Widows" the metaphor suggest
What is stories are everywhere
500
Dekanawida belonged to which tribe
What is Iroquois
500
Explain natural phenomena
What is origin myth.
500
Name two "earth-diver" myths
What is "The Sky Tree" and "How the World Was Made"
500
Momaday uses these two literary elements the most to convey feelings and meaning in his story, "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
What is color imagery and repetition.
500
In Native American literature, one can see that many tribes believed that whom created the earth
What is animals