The American Indian Voice

Who might the main character be in world parent type story?

The sky and the earth

3 sentence that indicate an ex nihilo type creation story.

There was yet no man,nor any animal... And the creation was verily after this wise... Lo now the heavens exist...

What are the main characteristics of American Indian creation stories?

They feature characters that are usually animals, powerful energies or human beings & they use story telling to explain how the world came into existence.

Which of the following lines from Of Plymouth Plantation best shows that American Indians wanted to make peace with the European colonists?

"Being after some time of entertainment..." "He became profitable to them..."

World parent

Describe creation resulting from the forming or breaking of a union between two powerful primordial forces like formless energies or ancient gods.

ex nihilo

Creation of life from nothingness and features and all powerful deity.

What type of story is this? (mentions vast expansion of water w/ creature diving deep to bring up mud.)

Earth Diver

__________ stories tell how Earth was created from a vast expanse of water.

Earth Diver

Emergence

Life from another world surfaces into this one, leading to creation.

Earth diver

Planet emerging from water, creation of earth from a vast expansion of water.

Which line best shows the narrators point of view that the Spaniards we trying to change the religion of the Hopi people?

When the mission was finally built, all the people in the village had to come there to worship, and those who did not were punished severely.

3 sentences that best support the authors belief in that Plymouth Colonly's fate was guided by diving providence?

Yet the lord upheld these persons... And I doubt not but their recompense... And of these in the time of most distress...