Thus, our ancestors began the great oral tradition of passing down their stories and experiences from one generation to another so that the next generation could learn and benefit from them. ... The great oral tradition is a collection of brilliant oral stories and myths, each of which have the purpose of either passing down cultural practices or teaching specific morals and lessons to the listener. ... Moreover, many of the same themes and morals transcend both European and Native American oral traditions. ... For the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico the oral tradition of storytelling is an in...

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Learning to Transform When asked to explore the relationship between learning and transformation in the Native oral tradition one has to wonder. ... The correlation between learning and transformation in the native oral tradition has a duel nature. ... The relationship between learning and transformation in the Native oral tradition was used as a tool to control or survive, to teach one how to be a good person, and to teach one how to live a specific spiritual life. ... This idea of community was probably the most important lesson the oral tradition has to teach. ...

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Even though the indigenous people suffered great loss in land and culture their pride and traditions live on. It is through these surviving traditions stories of early times are salvaged. Most of the Native American traditions distinguish between songs and narratives. ... Original Native American stories were performed orally in the native language of their tribe. ... Through these orators and the stories passed down orally, eventually essays and books are written. ...

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Their government before the settlers arrival was based on oral tradition, and their culture instilled a sense of right and wrong and valued honesty. ... In his description of "First Fire", "The Ice Man", and "The Removed" (pg. 150) the Cherokee stories are still told, traditions are still upheld and ceremonies are still practiced even after years of the Natives adapting to the English culture. ... You can still see roots of the many Native American cultures if you go to where they once lived, there are still distant relatives of the Native Americans that are stayi...

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"The Dineh have a strong tradition of oneness with the land, and fully believe they have been in the Southwest as long as or longer than anyone else " (Linford, 2000). ... "There are many traditions associated with clan relationships. ... "A traditional Navajo leader was fluent in the Navajo Creation Scripture and Journey Narratives, the oral history from the primordial creation to the settlement of the Navajo people on the lands bounded by the Four Sacred Mountains"(Linford, 2000). ... "Since the 1980's, Navajo Nation judges have injected a healthy dose of Navajo culture, language, ...

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Native American Religious Beliefs Through out history, historians have had the ability to pass on the knowledge of the past because of written documents and other forms of evidence that acknowledge the existence of past civilizations and cultures. When there are no written documents, whether lost or...

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A rich oral tradition relates the values, culture, and spirituality of the Great Sioux Nation. The stars, known as the Great Spirit's holy breath, the sun and the earth figure prominently in this tradition. ...

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In the movie, Smoke Signals, two men from the Coeur d"Alene Indian Reservation, take a journey to Arizona. The trip turns into a philosophical journey as much as a physical one. The two staring roles of this movie and the book are the portrayal of Thomas and Victor. Victor potrays as...

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