Native American Myths

Why do Native Americans believe the land is sacred?

• No one can own it and it must be respected

• It relates to the totem of their family.

• They want to awaken us to the mystery and wonder of creation.

• They use it to teach moral lessons

Native Americans organize their lives

• through their many sacred rituals

• by the totem of their family

• around cycles of nature

• by passing down traditions orally

Speech-making and __________ are important parts of their lives.

• social functions

• story telling

• dancing

• singing

In "World on the Turtle's Back" what became the moon?

• the grandmother's head

• the mother's head

• the left-handed twin's head

• the right-handed twins head

Which tribe is responsible for creating WoTB?

• Laguna

• Iroquois

• Pueblo

• Cherokee

Internal conflict is

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs. Himself

Stories are passed down from one generation to the next aloud rather than being physically recorded.

• totem pole

• oral tradition

• conflict

• creation mythology

Story that explains the creation of the earth and human life

• creation myth

• origin myth

• speech

A story that explains the creation of various aspects of the natural world.

• creation myth

• origin myth

• speech

An animal that has two sides to its personality

• trickster

• totem

• turtle

• muskrat