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Sacred Songs: "Song of the Sky Loom" & "Hunting Song"
World on Turtle's Back
"Fox and Coyote and Whale"
Creation Myths
Native Americans
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We read two sacred songs in class: One of them was called "Song of the Sky Loom" and this was the other.
What is "Hunting Song"?
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This twin created man.
What is the right-hand twin
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Fox's "heart was heavy" and he tries to fix the situation. How does he do this? What does he do?
What is Fox is heavy-hearted because his wife has fallen in love with Whale, the monster-man, and gone off with him. He and Coyote travel to the land of the Water People to try to get her back.
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Why is "Song of the Sky Loom" not an example of a creation myth?
What is it doesn't explain how the world came to be?
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Besides oral traditions, the Native Americans also used two other ways to communicate their history.
What is symbols and pictographs?
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May the warp be the white light of the morning May the weft be the red light of evening May the fringes be the falling rain May the border be the standing rainbow'' What type of figurative language is being used in the lines above AND what two ideas are the singer comparing?
What is an extended metaphor and the two ideas that are being compared is the woven cloth to the beauty of nature?
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The two main symbols and what they represent in the story.
What is Twins- balance of good and evil Turtle- connection of gods, man, and nature to create life
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Fox says that Whale can no longer live in rivers but must stay in the ocean. What reason does Fox give for this?
What is Fox says that Whale must live only in the ocean because in the rivers he might continue to flirt with and love the wives of men and lure them away from their husbands.
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The Iroquois tribe uses the twins (left-handed and right-handed) to represent what idea?
What is balance?
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An Ancient Indian Proverb, "Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children." Explain what this quote MEANS and why it MATTERS.
What this quote MEANS is The Ancient Indian Proverb explains that we need to preserve the Earth and its resources for future generations, instead of seeing it as something we can do whatever we want with it. The quote MATTERS because The importance of this Ancient Indian Proverb is if we don’t think about the consequences of destroying the Earth now, we’ll mess up the Earth for future generations as they will be the ones that will have to deal with it. ?
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Name one reason an elder tribes member might want to pass these sacred songs down to a younger generation.
What is: 1. Believe it will help them survive 2. Celebrate old parts of their culture 3. Honor their religion
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This is how the twins were made (summarize).
What is a man came and laid 'two arrows, one sharp and one blunt, across the body of the daughter?'
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These two characters go to fetch food for Fox's wife after she has been missing from the lodge.
Who are the water maidens?
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Name one creation myth were learned about other than "The World on the Turtles Back"? (Naming the culture it came from is acceptable)
What is: Chippewa Ojibway Inca Egypt Nordic (Frost Giant) etc.
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Native Americans, were the first people to live in America. What is the vocabulary word that means "first original people in a region"?
What is indigenous?
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In "Song of the Sky Loom", the Tewa describe the sky by comparing it to __________, making it a metaphor.
What is a woven piece of fabric?
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The three sisters are known as these in the story.
What are the corn, the beans, and the squash?
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This character becomes a beautiful man with a long braid when on land and a whale when under water.
Who is the spirit of water?
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Which animal first brings dirt up from the bottom of the ocean to create the world in "The World on the Turtle's Back"?
What is the muskrat?
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The three main themes or lesson in most Native American stories:
What is 1. appreciate nature 2. worship their gods 3. connection between gods, nature, man, spiritual world 4. understand tribal history/customs
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If I were to describe my experience hunting as being "like being a lion stalking his prey", what rhetorical device would I be employing?
What is simile?
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The purpose of this creation myth.
What is to explain how the Earth was created.
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This character cheats on her husband with the spirit of water.
Who is Fox's wife?
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In "The World on the Turtle's Back", how does the first person come to exist in the world?
What is she falls through a hole in the sky world into the sea
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The four main functions of Native American myths are to...
What is 1. instill awe and wonder at the mysteries of the world. 2. explain the creation of the world. 3. pass down moral and ethical codes or social customs. 4. teach and guide people through difficulties of life.