Coyote's Mistake

Black Elk was a holy man of the Oglala band of the Lakota Sioux nation. Black Elk interpreted his life as a holy man as "the story of a mighty vision" (BES, p. 2). As a child, Black Elk was blessed with a great vision from the other world. In receiving his great vision, Black Elk received a great power, a "power to make over" (BES, p. 201), a power to make things better for sick and suffering individuals and nations. He did not know it at the time, but this vision would be the blueprint of his life. It would guide him through times when he doubted his importance to his people. He had other visions, but they all tied into the great vision he experienced as a child. Black Elk made incredible

Stories are central to the Lakota way of life, specifically their story of how the world came to be. The Lakota Indians believe that the Great Spirit created everything. They say that there was once another world, but the Great Spirit was upset with those people because they had lost the sacredness of the land, so he destroyed it and made a new one. To bring water, he sang a song, but by the fourth song, the Earth was flooded. The flood killed all of the animals except the crow, Kangi, illustrating the necessity of balance in life. Kangi begged the Great Spirit for a place to rest, so the Great Spirit called forth four animals that could survive under the water, they were an otter, beaver, loon, and a turtle. The Great Spirit then asked them to go and retrieve some mud from under the water.

“Coyote and the Enemy Aliens” is a satirical commentary that effectively expounds on the intense objectification and dehumanization of Japanese Canadians during the colonial Canadian era. By depicting the grotesque living conditions, the Japanese were subjected to, King is able to critique the racist perspectives of the Canadian society. King condemns the actions of colonial white-men, depicting them as creatures engulfed in moral blindness that strive to fabricate an ideal white world. Moreover, King vividly portrays the idea of social dynamics, expounding on the helplessness of Citizens against dominant political powers. King also introduces an idea of conformity, showcasing how citizens gradually adapt to

The Big Blackfoot River wasn’t just some river to the McClain’s family and became a way to stay in touch with one another. The impact it had on the brother’s relationship with their father, their own relationship, and Paul’s life in Montana made the river a sacred place for them. The shared many memories, laughter, and love on the Big Blackfoot

Coyote In the folk tale “Coyote and the Buffalo’’, was a numbskull because Coyote disrespected the dead. Coyote threw Buffalo Bull’s skull, spat on it, and threw dust in the eye sockets. Coyote had done this to get revenge for all the times Buffalo Bull had frightened and laughed at Coyote. Buffalo Bull revived afterwards and tried to kill Coyote. Another action that caused Coyote to be a numbskull is when he killed the cow Buffalo Bull had gave him to provide Coyote food that would last Coyote forever.

Many aspects of Native American culture can be seen in their literature. Native Americans showed a high respect to nature and often viewed animals as equal in rights to humans. Myths of creation, nature, social order, and relations towards other tribes are often topics of literature. Animism was a commonly shared belief of Native Americans. They believed that souls and spirits existed in nature and that forces of nature were controlled by spirits.

Throughout the stories told in both Mohawk Saint and The Unredeemed Captive, the unintended consequences of attempting to convert the American Indians to Christianity are powerful players in the unfolding events. When these Christian groups arrived in the New World, they came armed with the word of God that they wished to share among a group of people that have never before encountered the concept of Christianity. While eventually these relationships improved and Christians and American Indians began to have closer contact, there were still results from the conversion process that no one could have expected when the progress had started. In both of these stories, the unintended consequences of the encounters between Christian religious and

Through early American texts such as Standing Bear’s “Nature” and Zitkala-Ša’s American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings, The Native American tribe of Western Sioux Indians display a profound respect for the Great Mystery, the creator of the world and Mother Nature. The Western Sioux tribe had a deep

Bear Butte, is still one of the most sacred places for both the Cheyenne and the Oceti Sakowin peoples. There are many people who are trying to reconnect their culture back to the mountain’s spiritualness. Sadly, this sacred site is constantly being threatened by outside forces, potentially destroying the sacredness of the mountain. Today, there are many people, both native and non native, who are fighting against these incroaching forces on Bear Butte. Many people are working togather to get rid of the problems surrounding the sacred mountain.

For the entirety of his 27 years, Black Elk’s somber eyes had watched as the way of life for his fellow Lakota Sioux withered on the Great Plains. The medicine man had witnessed a generation of broken treaties and shattered dreams. The Lakota, who once roamed as free as the bison on the Great Plains, were now mostly confined to government reservations. Life for the Sioux had become as bleak as the weather that gripped the snow-dusted prairies of South Dakota in the winter of 1890. A glimmer of hope, however, had begun to arise with the new Ghost Dance spiritual movement, but this movement was seen as a threat, and was treated with a massacre. When Black Elk closed his wizened eyes in 1931, he could still envision the horror. “When I look back now from this high hill of my old age,” he told writer John G. Neihardt for his 1932 book “Black Elk Speaks,” “I can still see the butchered women and children lying heaped and scattered all along the crooked gulch as plain as when I saw them with eyes still

The main idea of this article is about the big flood in San Jose in over a century. The flood in San Jose was very big and it went across everything. The residents of San Jose didn’t get warned about the flood that was coming, but although most people didn’t expect so much water they thought the flood would fix the drought. The thought there were not going to be that much water because the drought we/they had wouldn’t be that much water. The rainstorms in Coyote Creek made Coyote Creek flood and the flood trapped everyone inside their homes or whatever they are.

The Cree had believed in the trickster Coyote. The coyote was considered a deity and was responsible for many creations. For example, the coyote was accountable for the creation of the milky way and the diversity of mankind. The Cree believed that the coyote had two sides: a creator and a trickster. The creator is a side that the Cree believed made up the world, also the trickster is a side that was thought to upset the rules because of its foolish and cleverness. The coyote is often mentioned in myths as a character who steals life essentials (such as: water, light, fire, food etc.). Then those life necessities are either lost or set loose to create the

Ever changing, the world promised a comfort of shared misery and remained reliable. Brutal truths are instilled, early and sudden, as lasting lessons always present and impossible to ignore. When bold questions slither into a mind as to why anything is and what may be the reason for the continued existence, people find or create places of unjustifiable magnificence. Paha Sapa, “the heart of everything that is,” is this place for the Sioux. The War of the Black Hills between the Sioux Nation Lakota and the U.S. Americans has lasted for more than a century, and continues in the courts, in the lives of its warriors, and is protested through stone.

Recently widowed, Barbara Livingston flies to New Mexico to stay with longtime friends for the summer. However, instead of her friends, a sexy, Spanish cowboy meets her at the airport. While awaiting her friends to retrieve her, he takes her home to his working ranch. Trini Montoya tells her about Kokopelli, the shape-shifter in local Navajo legends and folklore. When she hears Coyote’s mystical flute music drifting on the wind, she understands there is to be a ‘Promise of Change’ in her life.

Author G.W. Mullins continues his highly successful Walking With Spirits book series with a third volume. Volume three in the series features new stories of the Native Americans with all new original art by award winning artist C.L. Hause. Contained in 220 are some of the best folklore stories originating from the history of the Native American Tribes, as well as, sections containing a Native American Cookbook and contents of the Medicine Bag.