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Peer reviewedBeidler, Peter G. – American Indian Quarterly, 1995
Examines seven Hopi narratives that focus on the first death that occurred after the Hopis' emergence into this world. Provides questions to use in teaching this myth and other cultural texts, including questions concerned with use of sacred texts, parallels with Anglo stories, translation issues, audience, storytellers, quality, art of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, Cultural Awareness, Higher Education, Hopi (Tribe)
Seeley, Virginia, Ed.; And Others – 1993
This textbook contains five units of literature by the Plains Native Americans. The first unit presents examples of oral tradition, in which mythology, legends, stories, songs, and personal accounts pass on values, beliefs, and experiences. The second unit contains nonfiction: an account of a young girl's first days at an Indian boarding school,…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indians, Cultural Education
