Earthmaker made the world with trees and fields, with rivers, lakes, and springs, and with hills and valleys. However, there weren’t any humans, and so one day he decided to make some. He scooped out a hole in a stream bank and lined the hole with stones to make a hearth, and he built a fire there. Then he took some clay and made a small figure that he put in the hearth to bake. He then realized that it was only half-baked. That figure became the white people. He decided to try again, so he put a new figure in the hearth to bake. He realized that this figure was overbaked and it became the black people. The Earthmaker decided to try one more time. He put this figure in the hearth to bake and this figure was baked just right, and it became the red people. The red people became many tribes, and they spread across the land. Among these tribes were the Ojibwe, the Ottawa, and the Potawatomi. A man …show more content…
The tree was so beautiful, and the view from under it was so tranquil, and the man forgot his sorrow, and eventually he was happy. As he sat under the tree, he saw another man approaching in the distance. He was crying as he walked toward the tree, but he saw the tree’s beauty and stopped under it. The two men sat and talked of their troubles. As they talked, a third approached weeping. The tree men talked and realized that their sons had died fighting in the same wars. They concluded that the Great Spirit had brought them together to this tranquil place, where they could hear the spirits speak. They agreed that there had been too much fighting between their tribes, and too much grief. They resolved to go back to their tribes and live in peace. Ten days later, the three old men led their people to the great tree. Each of them agreed to a set of rules to preserve the peace and to guide their peoples. This is how the Potawatomi, the Ojibwe, and Ottaway came to live in peace and to intermarry, as one
Though one could argue the Métis, an intriguing melting pot of two worlds, did not have a strong political system, they were certainly a unique ethnic and cultural entity. The Métis, historically, were a group of diverse ancestry; they were the result of the Native’s way of life from the old world and the European culture from the new, blended together. For example, not only did they incorporate elements from the French culture such as arranging crops in seigneurial patterns, but they also had an annual bison hunt, which was a tradition passed down from the Natives of British North America. Furthermore, as well as Algonkian, the language spoken by some Native tribes, the Métis inherited the French language. Combining the two, they created a
Two prominent groups in Canada are the Iroquois and the Ojibwa. Within these tribes, there is further localization of bands, which include the Mohawk of the Bay of Quinte and the Red Rock, two Indigenous bands with a variety of similarities and
This article’s title is “Inseparable Companions” and Irreconcilable Enemies: The Hurons and Odawas of French Detroit, 1701-38 and its author is Andrew Sturtevant. The thesis in this article is the sentence, “The Hurons ' and Odawas ' simmering hostility and eventual conflict demonstrate that native groups survived the Iroquois onslaught and that their interaction profoundly shaped the region”. In this article, Sturtevant is arguing that the Huron and Odawa are distinct nations with different culture and that because of the differences they had many disagreements, not simply because of the colonialism by the French. Sturtevant uses direct quotes from primary sources to show that the distinct nations fought because of their own differences,
When Europeans began arriving there were about four thousand members of the Potawatomi tribe. The Three Fires were united in certain views. These include the belief that spirits are more powerful than men, nature belonged to everyone, and no one had the right to run another person’s life. Another similarity between the tribes was that everyone in their villages worked.
“The Sky Tree” reveals beliefs about nature, complex religious beliefs and strong social value. “The Sky Tree” shows animals being involved in everyday life. All the animals including, “Beaver, mink, muskrat brought up paw full of soil and placed on turtle 's back until they had made an island”(20).The earth was formed from the animals. “The Sky Tree” also shows complex religious beliefs. After Old Man decided to cut the tree to survive he “cut the tree, it
These Nations were known as Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and Mohawk. They lived in longhouses which we like modern day apartment buildings. The longhouses fit up to 25 families in there! Wow that sure is a lot! The longhouses were surrounded by wooden fences to keep out wild animals and trespassers.
Native Americans’ Creation Myths Each culture has its own story about world’s creation. They have several major similarities, like the basic influence of a strong supernatural force, that intruded to a total chaos and created the land, animals, humans and other parts of the environment. But the set of differences makes each myth almost unique. It happens even with people that shared the same continent like Native Americans. This essay will focus on two tribes – Abenaki and Papago.
Do you ever regret being rude or mean to your mother after all of the things she's done for you? The tree was always helping the boy with things even though he didn't appreciate it. When the boy needed money to be able to buy things, the tree told him to take his apples and sell them so he could be happy. When the boy needed a warm home to live in the tree helped him then too. HE told the boy to take his branches to build a house so he would be happy.
From the beautiful blooming tree that it once was to sorry little leafless runt of a tree. Also that this tree would never produce any fruit ever again same with their friendship it will never bloom again. Although with the tree and hassan both dead the very faded carving still remains. The carving stayed as a pure representation of their connection, showing that their friendship has died there connection still goes on even when Hassan is dead. The carving was as the base to show that
The author repeats the same phrase “And the tree was happy…” (Silverstein). He places these phrases in their own separate lines to emphasize the lines importance. These repetitions of those phrases express time passing and a continual steady emotion of the tree’s happiness when the boy was
“Mom and Dad smiled at each other and laughed. It was a sound that Tree hadn’t heard from them in the longest time” (132). This shows how Tree wasn’t sure his parents were ever going to get along again, but they end up having a good time. This is an example of how family matters most and hope is always around. This situation gave Tree strength to preserve.
Shel Silverstein shows generosity through the tree. The tree gives the boy everything from her leaves to her trunk just to make him happy. The tree gives the boy everything no matter how helpless and sad it makes her feel. For example, the boy wants to leave because he is sad and asks the tree for a boat.
Once the boy grew out of the needing to be nurtured by the tree and stopped visiting her she still waited for the boy to come to see her because she had never moved on. For example, “And the boy grew older. And the tree was often alone. Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said, "Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be happy." "I am too big to climb and play" said the boy.”
In “The Giving Tree” the tree makes the boy happy and when the boy is happy the tree is happy. Even when she is loosing valuable things she is still happy. An examples of this is,“The forest is my house,but you may cut off my branches and build a house. Then you will be happy. And so the boy cut off her branches and carried them away to build his house.
Dana Gioia’s poem, “Planting a Sequoia” is grievous yet beautiful, sombre story of a man planting a sequoia tree in the commemoration of his perished son. Sequoia trees have always been a symbol of wellness and safety due to their natural ability to withstand decay, the sturdy tree shows its significance to the speaker throughout the poem as a way to encapsulate and continue the short life of his infant. Gioia utilizes the elements of imagery and diction to portray an elegiac tone for the tragic death, yet also a sense of hope for the future of the tree. The poet also uses the theme of life through the unification of man and nature to show the speaker 's emotional state and eventual hopes for the newly planted tree. Lastly, the tree itself becomes a symbol for the deceased son as planting the Sequoia is a way to cope with the loss, showing the juxtaposition between life and death.