When asked to explore the relationship between learning and transformation in the Native oral tradition one has to wonder. Am I to explore the relationship between learning and transformation that occurs in the story or am I to explore the relationship that results because of the story? When trying to expound upon the first I came upon an immediate dilemma. It seems that physical transformation is the only why to bring about knew knowledge, and it is the result of learning this knowledge that transforms the people of the story spiritual, morally, intellectually, and emotionally. The correlation between learning and transformation in the native oral tradition has a duel nature. That is learning brings about transformation and transformation brings about learning. It is hard to elaborate on this relationship. Simply showing examples of this through the text seems trivial. This paper therefore will concentrate on the second relationship previously stated, how does the learning transforming relationship effect the listener.
The stories from Tales Of The North American Indians that deal with transformation and learning have a definite purpose. The listener is suppose to learn a specific lesson from each tale and transform himself if need be. These tales can be grouped into three general categories based on what the listener is supposed to learn and how he is to transform. 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.
In order to survive and prosper the Indians were forced to live in communities. There was simply too much work involved, in the business of survival, for one man or woman to do. This idea of community was probably the most important lesson the oral tradition has to teach. The Woman Who Fell From The Sky illustrates this perfectly.
Many Americans, that lived in the nineteenth century held various different stereotypes of Native Americans. ... Many of the Native Americans in our history saw this as well. ... They put the Native Americans to work as slaves. ... They saw themselves as being better than the Natives were. ... We hear the white men talking about the Indians in a demeaning manner and we see them slaughter unfathomable amounts of Natives. ...
Native American Indians who inhabited these colonies endured everything from genocide to mutual acculturation. ... There were many different kinds of settlement the Europeans introduced to the Native American Indians. ... These resources were used for trade among the Native American Indians as well as with the Europeans. ... Farming made a huge impact on how Native American Indians and European settlers fuctioned as a society. ... Overall, the colony of settlement did not benefit the majority of Native American Indians. ...
Beginning since the "white man" of Europe crossed the Atlantic Ocean 200 years ago, until the mid-1900's, the murder and poor treatment of Native American Indians by the Unites States Government never subsided. Euro-Americans made Native American Indians inferior to them by denying justice, making the Native Americans second class citizens and forcing them to simulate the American culture Euro-Americans took property away from American Indians. ... During these settlements, the Native American Indian competed for the same land and resources. ... They were not allowed to speak their ...
To a Native American, his family, village and clan were the most important group. ... The Native American's didn't believe in land ownership, but instead thought of the earth as something that they could "borrow" in order to survive. ... The Spanish could have lived peacefully with the Indians. ... The Spanish had wiped out most of the Indian population. ... In my opinion, it would have been a much happier assembly of the two worlds if England had arrived first, because they would have been friendlier to the Native Americans and tried to live in peace together. ...
This misinterpretation of the Native American government led to the belief that the Native Americans ran around wild and lawless without any sense of laws, and led to the expression, "acting like a bunch of wild Indians."" ... Although these things in some ways made the Native Americans more like the white man, the Indians were still not readily accepted into civilization. ... The Native American or "Indian- that most people know became an "invention- or Anglo-construction (Berkhofer, 67). ... The movie industry took advantage of Native Americans and glorified the typical "cowboy and India...
In the 30 years after the Civil War, although government policy towards Native Americans intended to shift from forced separation to integration into American society, attempts to "Americanize" Indians only hastened the death of their culture and presence in the America. ... Although the intentions of Indian policy shifted, the outcomes of these policies still helped to suppress Native Americans and their culture. ... Policies like the Burke Act helped the death of Native American culture, with Indians leaving their tribes in order to attain American citizenship. So although numerous policies ...
The Reality of Native American Lifestyles Native Americans successfully make their mark on society in many ways. ... The depiction of Native American culture and tradition present in literary works are quite similar to the reality of culture and tradition in an Indian's life. ... This shows the need for authors to showcase the real lifestyles of Indians. ... Stereotypes and myths are present in many stories written about Indians. ... Therefore, through various literary works, the portrayal of Native American culture present in the story successfully reflects the true reality of Na...
In the end, the Indians took them to their village them into medicine men where they learned the ancient healing techniques of the natives. ... As the explorers were out searching the land; they came upon a couple of Native American huts and having seen that the Indians had ran away, they the villagers corn and various beans. ... In turn, the Native Americans saw this act as stealing and disrespectful to their culture. ... Their belief that Native Americans were wild and dangerous; caused them to open fire upon the Indians and vanquish them from the area. The Native Americans saw this...
They baptized Indian children. ... They would live in the tribes with the Indians. The men might marry an Indian women. ... The relationship between the French and the Indians however was never an equal one the French tended to use the Indians for their protection. ... Due to European contact the native population suffered a series of catastrophes that almost exterminated the natives. ...