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Kayla Foster, Dylan Cadd, Mathew Reese, Matthew Hartley, Miranda Ramirez

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Native American Folklore

Kayla Foster, Dylan Cadd, Mathew Reese, Matthew Hartley, Miranda Ramirez

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Native American Folklore

By: Dylan cadd, Matthew hartley,
Matthew Reese,Kayla Foster, and

Miranda Ramirez-Bautista

Theme, Message, and Moral

● All of the stories that we have read are stories that teach you a lesson, and
tell you to live a good life.

● Family
● Hopelessness

Universal Characteristics

● Men go out to hunt and the women stay home and take care of the house
and the children.

● Wild animals, always or sometimes are the main characters
● Caretakers
● Lonely orphan, baby abandoned at birth
● Mother/Father figure , raised kid on their own
● Objects/things

Universal Themes

● They were always outdoors hunting and collecting fruits
● Survival man vs. nature
● Suffering of parents
● Some stories involved oceans

Symbols/motifs

● Symbol to mark native american territory is the bird
● In the stories the symbols for animals was a wolf
● A symbol of strength is the bear paw
● The symbol for hunting was a bone with a feather

Archetypal Narrative Patterns

● A character always has to do a task or go on a quest
● They have to do a test

Citations

http://www.native-languages.org/omahastory.htm
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/crowhawk.htm
http://www.native-languages.org/cheyennestory.htm


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