October Week 3 MEA Week Monday-Wednesday Only

Applying what we’ve learned- looking for Oral Tradition Elements in modern literature The Author Louise Erdrich is a member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa band. She was born in Minnesota in 1954, and grew up in North Dakota where her parents taught at the Wahpeton Indian School. This excerpt’s job is to give needed historical background information to the reader – helps them to understand why other characters are the way they are …what they came from…

First, an overview of the novel: The tale of the Ojibwa painted drum is told in three parts that twine and weave together through the past and the present.

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Related to the “faithful” wife of Simon Jack Related to the “unfaithful” mother and lost his aunt to the wolves

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Did Anaquot throw her daughter to the wolves to save her newborn daughter’s life and her own life? OR… Did the daughter JUMP off the wagon and sacrifice herself to save her mother and half- sister?

Mapping the Impact of Tragedy 1 st Generation Shaawano loses: 1.Wife 2.Daughter 3.…his grip and becomes alcoholic for a time until he makes the drum filled with his deceased daughter’s spirit Anaquot loses: 1.Both men 2.Daughter with Shaawano to the wolves 3.Son – though not dead Ziiqwan’aage loses: 1.Faithful husband

Mapping the Impact of Tragedy 2nd Generation Fleur, illegitimate daughter of Anaquot loses: 1.Stable home environment 2.Brother unknown to her 3.Father, Simon Jack, is later killed by women seeking revenge against him for his ways Bernard’s father loses: 1.Mother 2.Sister to the wolves 3.Half-sister--unknown 4.Stable father figure 5.…the battle with alcohol and becomes abusive Bernard’s Aunt: 1.Loses her life to the wolf pack

Mapping the Impact of Tragedy 3rd Generation Bernard loses: 1.Father to alcoholism 2.Connection to other family members through Anaquot and Fleur Faye Travers loses: 1.Touch with her Native American roots as well as her relatives and their traditional ways. 2.**She is a “modern Native American” woman who has lost her path** 4 th Generation

Daughter: died to protect her mother and half-brother from the wolves Ziigwana’aage : takes in “the other woman and her child” and sets aside her own anger, grief, and need for revenge against Anaquot

Which of the 4 Elements of Oral Tradition are Present in “The Shawl”? Origin/Creation Story??? * Personal Purpose??? And/or Connection to Earth? * Religious beliefs / Life philosophies??? * Morals, values… a lesson???

First 10 minutes- from The Painted Drum: “Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up.”

DREAMS Some people believe that dreams can be a way of receiving messages from ourselves, our unconsciousness: it’s like YOU talking to YOU…. Some people believe that dreams can be a way of receiving messages from ourselves, our unconsciousness: it’s like YOU talking to YOU….

Tuesday, Oct. 15 J#15:  Consider: Could dreams be a way for us to deal with things our conscious mind doesn’t want to cope with when we are awake or doesn’t have time to cope with?  Are dreams just so much random data?  How do you feel about dreams and their purpose and/or value? 1-paragraph response, please.

DREAMS Scientists also note that dreams may be a way for the brain to process all of the stimuli you encounter during the day. It could be the way the brain “dumps” what it doesn’t need so you aren’t overwhelmed– an analogy would be deleting unnecessary files on your computer’s hard drive

Native American Oral Tradition Assessment- Directions