WHAT was Native American literature and HOW was it passed down from generation to generation?

ORAL and passed down through STORYTELLING and PERFORMANCES

Because the oral tradition required long periods of memorization, what did Native Americans use as memory aids?

Drum music, pictographs, knotted strings, and coded wampum belts

Instead of having dominion over nature, what do Native Americans believe the relationship of human beings to nature is?

We ARE a part of nature and must maintain a right relationship with it

What is instrumental to improving your understanding of native literature?

Learning the history of the native cultures and events that affected them

What should a person take into account when reading Native American literature?

The translation they are reading

What does much of Native American literature emphasize?

The importance of living in harmony with the natural world

What is NOT reflected in the earliest Native American literature?

Thoughts about colonial settlers

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1
Who created the first American literature?
The Dutch
The English
The Spanish
The Native Americans
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WHAT was Native American literature and HOW was it passed down from generation to generation?
ORAL and passed down through STORYTELLING and PERFORMANCES
ORAL and passed down through VIDEOS and SOCIAL MEDIA.
WRITTEN and passed down through BOOKS.
DIGITAL and passed down through THUMBDRIVES.
3
Because the oral tradition required long periods of memorization, what did Native Americans use as memory aids?
Drum music, pictographs, knotted strings, and coded wampum belts
Country music, photographs, rope, and leather belts
Classical music, paintings, thread, and sashes
Rap music, selfies, iPhone cords, and shoestrings
4
As English-speaking readers, although we are removed from the original texts, what is it still possible to see in them?
The beauty and the lesson
The high and the low
The blood and the guts
The ugly and the mistakes
5
Unlike written records and stories, what was Native American literature?
Fluid and ever-changing
Short but sweet
Neither here nor there
Frozen and fixed
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Instead of having dominion over nature, what do Native Americans believe the relationship of human beings to nature is?
We're NOT a part of nature and must establish dominion over it.
We ARE a part of nature and must maintain a right relationship with it
We're NOT a part of nature so our relationship to it doesn't matter.
We ARE a part of nature but still must establish dominion over it
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What is instrumental to improving your understanding of native literature?
Learning the diet of the native cultures and how they cooked their food
Learning the history of the native cultures and events that affected them
Learning the languages of the native cultures and how to speak them
Learning the travel methods of the native cultures and where they went
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What should a person take into account when reading Native American literature?
The size of the tribe the story is about
The translation they are reading
The length of the story
The most exciting parts
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What does much of Native American literature emphasize?
The importance of traveling to other planets
The importance of living in harmony with the natural world
Native American literature doesn't emphasize the importance of anything.
The importance of dominating the natural world
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What is NOT reflected in the earliest Native American literature?
Complex religious beliefs
Strong social values
Sophisticated political systems
Thoughts about colonial settlers

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