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American Indian Literature

Typical Themes in Literature Deep reverence & respect for nature (Vocabulary: veneration) Close relationship between humans and nature Humans and animals are equals Life is a cycle: In nature: birth, death, rebirth Ceremonies are repeated every year

Purpose of Mythology To teach moral lessons To give practical information: Respect for elders Don’t be greedy Take care of the earth’s resources Survival tips

Purpose of Mythology (cont’d) To explain things they do not understand: Creation Why people behave the way they do To entertain

Literary Elements Oral Tradition Parallelism Pictographs Passing of stories down through the generations by spoken word of mouth Parallelism Repeated phrases Pictographs Images representing ideas & parts of a story Extended Metaphor A series of metaphors (comparisons) that all relate to a larger, over-arching metaphor

Historical Connections Approximately 300 distinct groups Derived from migrations: Dene (Southwest U.S.) Eskimos (Northwest U.S.) Aleuts (Northeast U.S.) Came across the Bering Land Bridge (50,000 years ago) (Vocabulary: nomad) Over 1 million alive at time of Columbus (1492) By 1890, approximately 250,000

Language 200 language families Oral Tradition Creation myths Tales of Heroes & Tricksters Chants

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Religion Varies from tribe to tribe Humans do not dominate nature Humans maintain an equal relationship with nature and its forces