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Native American Literature
"Every part of this country is sacred to my people...The very dust responds more lovingly to our footsteps than to yours, because it is the ashes of our ancestors…”
(Chief Seattle, Nez Perce 1855)
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The Iroquois Confederation
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Iroquois Background They were known during the colonial
years to the French as the "Iroquois League" and later as the "Iroquois Confederacy", and to the English as the "Five Nations" (before 1722) and later as the "Six Nations", comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations.
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Iroquois…Northeastern United StatesVery powerful tribe – five tribes
united by Dekaniwidah, an Iroquois prophet. The Iroquois Constitution was written by him, and was the basis for our own U.S. Constitution.
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The Five Nations of IroquoisMohawkOneidaOnandagaCayugaSeneca
Later, became Six Nations…Tuscarora
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The Iroquois ConfederationCrucial in the struggle between
England and France.They were expert politicians
and diplomats.They played both England and
France, and finally sided with England in the French and Indian War.
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English Allies In 1710, four chiefs traveled to London to
meet with Queen Anne in an effort to seal an alliance with the British. She commissioned their portraits by court painter John Verelst. The portraits are believed to be the earliest surviving oil portraits of Aboriginal peoples taken from life.
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1914The Iroquois in Buffalo, NY 1914
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Today… In 2010, more than 45,000 enrolled Six
Nations people lived in Canada, and about 80,000 in the United States.
Traditional Iroquois Longhouse
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The Oral TraditionThe process of passing down sayings, songs, tales, and myths from one generation to the next by word of mouth.
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No written language….Most tribes had no written
language, though occasionally myths and occurrences were recorded in the form of pictographs.
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Pictograph on rock facing…
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Remembering history…All tribal history and
literature was memorized and some tribes had a designated “keeper” of memories.
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The World on the Turtle’s BackCreation Myth – explains
how the universe, earth, and life began.
Myth - traditional story passed on through generations that explains why the world is the way it is.
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Functions of Myths – Joseph Campbell
To instill a sense of awe toward the mystery of the universe
To explain the workings of the natural world
To support and validate social customs
To guide people through the trials of living
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Creation MythsCreation myths often share a number of
features. They often are considered sacred accounts and
can be found in nearly all known religious traditions.
They are all stories with a plot and characters who are either deities, human-like figures, or animals, who often speak and transform easily.
They are often set in a dim and nonspecific past.
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ThemeThis selection shows the
Native American ideal of man living in harmony with nature.