Essay On Native American Indian Culture

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Through Indian Literature we learn that the Native American Indians came across many things differently then we do today. They had many different customs and traditions that were passed on from generation to generation. The Native American Indians had many different views on creation legends, the government, and relations with others. Together these stories, “How the World Was Made,” “From the Iroquois Constitution,” and “Offer of Help” made it possible for us to discover what their input was. The Native American Indians had many different views on how the world was made, which they called creation legends. In “How the World Was Made” all the animals were above and crowded in Galunlati. They wanted more room so they sent Dayunisi, the little water beetle, to see if he could learn anything. He could not find a place to rest: “Then it dived to the bottom and came up with some soft mud, which began to spread on every side until it became the island which we call the earth” (Cherokee 48). For some time after the earth was flat, soft, and wet. The Native American Indians told tales about nature and how it came to be: “Origin myths, explain how nature phenomena such as the stars, moon, and mountains came to be or why a society has certain beliefs and customs” (Chin 46). Myths, such as these tell of how part or the whole world came to be. The animals were waiting for the earth to dry and were becoming very anxious. It was finally time to go down to the earth: “When the earth was dry and the animals came down, it was still dark so they got the sun and set it in a track to go every day across the…show more content…
It is very different from what we believe and do today. From this we could see how traditions and customs have been changed over the

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