Creation Myth
The world is formed on the back of this animal.
What is a turtle?
This is the first way Coyote tricks the buffalo.
What is offering to help?
This member of Momaday's family has died at the beginning of the memoir.
Who is his grandmother?
Cabeza de Vaca's original mission was to establish a colony in this present-day state.
What is Florida?
John Smith saved this colony from disaster.
What is Jamestown?
The woman who falls from the sky.
Who is the Sky Woman?
A deceitful archetype that is equal parts clever and foolish.
What is a trickster?
Momaday's journey to Rainy Mountain represents a quest for this.
What is knowledge?
After a shipwreck, Cabeza de Vaca wandered for years in this part of present-day North America.
What is Texas and Mexico?
William Bradford was the governor of this settlement.
What is Plymouth?
This character creates poison ivy, mountain lions, and chaos.
Who is the left-handed twin?
Coyote asks the buffalo for this.
What is food?
The legend of the seven sisters and their brother refer to this constellation.
What is the Big Dipper?
Out of the 600 men in Cabeza de Vaca's original expedition, this many survived.
What is 4?
The most common word we used in class to describe John Smith's writing.
What is "exaggerated"?
The left-handed and right-handed twins bring this to the world.
What is balance?
The pen name of writer Christine Quintasket
Who is Mourning Dove?
Forced onto the reservation, the Kiowa are also forced to give up this tradition.
What is the sun dance?
Originally seeking to become a conqueror, Cabeza de Vaca eventually takes on this very different role.
What is a faith healer?
What is a defender of Native Americans?
William Bradford was unhappy that his colony grew over time, because he feared the loss of this.
What are the colony's original values?
A confederation of five tribes in present day upstate New York.
Who are the Iroquois?
In the tale, this character tricks the trickster.
Who is the old woman?
The author died in this year.
What is 2024?
Cabeza de Vaca wrote his book, La Relacion, for this audience.
Who is the king of Spain?
What is 200?