Oral Traditions
History as a Place
Quotable Quotes
Climate
Leroy's fruitful
thoughts
thoughts
100
In De Lagunas research on Tlingit oral
traditions and geological processes in the Yakutat Bay. what are some stories that were told about the nineteenth century?
She has also found that stories about giant waves, destructive floods
and earthquakes
100
“As roundly ubiquitous as it is seemingly remarkable, ______-______, is a universal tool of the historical imagination.”
“Place-Making”
100
He said, “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
Who is L.P. Hartley?
100
Studying these mammoth formations of ice can provide clues to ancient climate change as well as to volcanic activity in the deep past.
What are glaciers?
100
This suggests that ancestors of the Dene had occupied areas exposed to the activities of the White River volcano and that subsequent to these events they took up the geographical positions in the Mackenzie valley where they were first met by Europeans. This view is specifically expressed in the Dene myth claiming that their ancestors migrated into the Mackenzie valley from the mountains to the west.
What is the “Northern Athapaskan Oral Traditions and the White River Volcano report that is important in creation stories of the Dene?” - This article reports hitherto obscure Dene oral traditions that, it is argued recall volcanic events experienced by their ancestors in an earlier homeland.
200
Name the stories about the discovery of
copper told by the Chipewyan and Yellowknife
The Woman of Metal
200
-“___________ often provides a basis for imagining.”
“Remembering”
200
He said, “From the time the Indian first set foot upon this continent, he centered his life in the natural world. He is deeply invested in the earth, committed to it both in his consciousness
and in his instinct. The sense of place is paramount. Only in reference to the earth can he persist in his identity.”
Who is N. Scott Momaday?
200
This is the term used to describe climate change originating from human activity.
What is anthropogenic?
200
Who is Charles Henry addressing the White Mountain Apache Tribal Council, after mispronouncing an Apache name on the council.
Why did the Western Apache say, “What he is doing isn’t right. It’s not good. He seems to be in a hurry. Why is he in hurry? It’s disrespectful. Our ancestors made this name. They made it just as it is. They made it for a reason. They spoke it first a long time ago! He’s repeating the speech of our ancestors. He doesn’t’ know that. Tell him he’s repeating the speech of our ancestors?
300
Name the story in which the Hare claim to have
possessed iron prior to the discovery of copper.
"Discovery of a Flaming Star
in the Beginning''
300
-In modern landscapes everywhere, people persist in asking, _____________________?”
“What happened here?”
300
One of the place names from Quoting the Ancestors
Where is...Derek has a list.
300
Near Cibecue this may be a sign of climate change in Arizona.
What is the loss of water as shown by the old place names?
300
The Malaspina Glacier at the north end and the combined Grand Pacific and Grand Plateau glaciers further south.
Yakutat Bay and Dry Bay were surrounded on three side by what three glaciers?
400
In the Western Apache case, the people's sense of place is?
sense of their tribal past and their vibrant sense of themselves are inseparably intertwined.
400
-In regard to “Doing human history” and being members of society, Basso states: “We are, in a
sense, the ________-________ we imagine.”
“Place-Worlds”
400
She said, “It is no longer a question of whether oral tradition includes historical knowledge, but how much is present, how long a time span it covers, and how valid it is.”
Who is Julie Cruikshank?
400
In Athapaskan oral traditions this description of climate in their origin stories may point to volcanic activity.
What is "at the beginning of the world it was winter all the time. Always cold."?
400
Giant Owls and Giant Worms.
What animals did the glaciers provide living dens for?
500
what story in the Little Ice Age also play a significant role in indigenous
oral traditions
Raven, the Trickster and world-maker, left evidence of his
travels in geographical features he transformed.
500
-What made the castle described at the beginning of the reading, “Quoting the Ancestors,” so
intriguing to look at and made people imagine it being so grandeur?
“Hamlet”
500
She said, “They danced down from that mountain. They were happy when they were coming on this side.”
Who is Sarah Williams?
500
These three disciplines can provide a deeper understanding of global climate change in the past.
What are cultural anthropology, environmental earth sciences, and oral tradition?
500
Raven slashed one side of the mountain where Echo offended him by mimicking him. Raven harpooned a whale and transformed it into an island known as Kayak Island. He once strategically disappeared down the blowhole of a whale and apent the winter feasting comfortably on the finest blubber, eventually piloting his dying host ashore to the mouth of the Alsek River.
How important is Raven to the creation stories of Little Ice Age?