Native American Nation Background

When the Europeans arrived, there were more than ____different Native American cultures.

A creation myth explains how ________________ came to exist.

Trickster tales feature animals who often cause trouble but  are also clever figures who can:

Many Native American families believed they descended from ______________________.

For thousands of years Native Americans regarded themselves as ___________ of the land.

trickster tales communicated the following:

Each Native American community had its own___tradition of sharing stories/cultural traditions.

 A creation myth emphasizes bond between ________, humans and the ___________.

Storytelling was the way their young learned ______and _____.

First American literature was created by the first people to live in North America: these ppl:

A myth is a traditional story, passed down through generations, that explains _______.