Making Connections

1. Momaday writes that the diverse cultures referred to as Native American “tell stories in order to affirm [their] being and [their] place in the scheme of things” (par. 15). How do the Native American origin stories and trickster stories (pp. 192–98) included in this chapter illustrate that purpose? Discuss at least two of them.

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   Making Connections: - Momaday writes that the diverse cultures referred to as Native American “tell stories in order to affirm [their] being and [their] place in the scheme of things” (par. 15). How do the Native American origin stories and trickster stories (pp. 192–98) included in this chapter illustrate that purpose? Discuss at least two of them.
2. Momaday characterizes the early inhabitants of North America as having “had some sense of society, of community, of cooperation…a human sense of morality, an irresistible craving for order, beauty, appropriate behavior” and as “intensely spiritual” (par. 12). Support that characterization with examples and details from the Native American origin stories and trickster stories.

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   Making Connections: - Momaday characterizes the early inhabitants of North America as having “had some sense of society, of community, of cooperation…a human sense of morality, an irresistible craving for order, beauty, appropriate behavior” and as “intensely spiritual” (par. 12). Support that characterization with examples and details from the Native American origin stories and trickster stories.
3. What stereotypes of Native Americans and the New World does Momaday challenge? Discuss two of them in terms of the Native American origin stories and trickster stories.

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   Making Connections: - What stereotypes of Native Americans and the New World does Momaday challenge? Discuss two of them in terms of the Native American origin stories and trickster stories.