Retrospective Analysis Anthropology

Have you ever wonder how the world was created from another culture’s perspective? Native Americans used creation myths to explained to their people how the world was developed overtime. Creation myths are a big part of the Native American culture. they have been passed down from generation to generation. In the creation myths, harmony with nature, rituals, and strong social values are shown in each myths. The purpose of having strong social value in these myths is to teach younger Native Americans valuable lesson if they ever do something bad. These myths reveals how the rituals were created and their intentions for doing it. Creation myths has harmony with nature in it to show a very close kinship between them

There are many cultures throughout the world, and each has its’ own creation story, and many of them are very similar; however the creation stories of the First Nations’ People are some of the most magical. These stories not only tell how the world was created, but give a glimpse into who the Cherokee and Lakota were, and their views of the relationship between human beings and creation, and human beings and animals. The Cherokee and Lakota creation stories are similar in many ways, but each has

In the multiple origin stories both the Native and Euro-Americans told, there were many ways that Earth was believed to be created. Through stories like “Earth on Turtle’s Back,” “White Buffalo Woman,” and the book of Genesis, the values and beliefs of each group shine through. Reading origin stories of the Euro-American and Native American civilizations illuminates profound differences in the cultural values of the two groups.

People often ask, “How did the world begin?”. Some argue the Big Bang Theory, others argue God created Earth Himself. Most Native Americans, however, generally believed their world stemmed from multiple gods, animals, or a phenomenon of nature. Each creation myth was tailored to each individual tribe’s culture, customs, and beliefs. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to compare and analyze the creation stories of two prominent Native American tribes present in Texas: the Comanche and the Apache; warrior tribes that rode fiercely on horseback, and both competed to dominate the Great Plains. These two tribes were fairly similar in their military prowess, but both had a different language, culture, and a remarkably different creation story. From their creation story, one may begin to understand the culture of these two notable tribes.

Some Native American creation stories can be contrasted with the book of Genesis from the Bible. For example, the land is made differently in each story. In the Native American stories “How the World Was Made” and “The Sky Tree”, land was made by “animals bringing up soil from the water,” while God “made the heavens and the earth” in the

In society today, the discipline of anthropology has made a tremendous shift from the practices it employed years ago. Anthropologists of today have a very different focus from their predecessors, who would focus on relating problems of distant peoples to the Western world. In more modern times, their goal has become much more local, in focusing on human problems and issues within the societies they live.

“Be careful, he is a mean one,” warns one science teacher. I nervously moved toward the classroom to find myself in a realm of slinkies and behind the waves of slinkies sits Kipp Penovich, the physics teacher who looked like he could use a cup of coffee, who had that look of relief in his eyes at the end of another day of school. From my prior knowledge, only a portion of physics intertwine with time travel, so it is only natural for his eyes to change into a more vibrant and astonished outline when I brought up the interview subject of time travel. It is understandable for Mr. Penovich to respond with, “Do you think you can give me some time so I can prepare myself?” And because Mr. Penovich knowledge was very limited since basic physic do

Just as the Greeks, the Romans and any other great civilization, Native Americans had their own gods with certain values. These values are a sharp contrast to the current european expansionist mindset and give great insight into understanding Native American’s actions and behavior. These documents are about Native American culture and are written around the arrival of European settlers. These documents show the conflicts that many Native Americans had were due to many miscommunications and conflicts in values. The two Native American values that the Europeans most tread on were their very philosophy and honor, which leads to some of the most brutal acts of war and massacres.

Myth is a body of story that matters—the patterns present in mythology run deeply in the human psyche

Every culture has a story in attempt to explain its human origin. The endeavor to understand human existence has been prevalent for as long as we have been on this earth. Origin stories explain the natural world of a group through their religion, customs, and interactions. Indigenous creation stories, such as the Cherokee nation, highlight their connection to the land, language, sacred history, and ceremony. Likewise, the Biblical story of creation emphasizes his or her relationship to their creator and the traditions that arise from that relationship. When analyzing these stories, one can see similarities and differences between them, why they are essential in understanding where a group originated from, and the Peoplehood Model.

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

A New Critical Approach toward the Iroquois Creation Story The Iroquois Confederacy, a union of ultimately six different Native American tribes, was a proud and powerful alliance of Indians living to the northeast of Lake Ontario near New England during the 17th century. One tribe was known as the Haudenosaunee, or “The People of the Longhouse,” whose vast domain housed some villages of over 2000 people at one point—a testament to their authority and wide-reaching influence (Baym et al. 17). Of great importance to the Iroquois people were their creation stories, which peacefully coexisted in over 25 versions. One particular “cosmogonic myth” has been accurately re-told by David Cusick, a Tuscarora Indian, and was entitled “The Iroquois Creation Story” (Baym et al. 18). It was recorded in The Sketches of the Ancient History of the

When it comes to the topic of Native Americans, there exists vast misunderstandings of who these people actually are. For many parts of the world, a Eurocentric narrative dominates the literature and research on them. In 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, Charles Mann seeks to shift the discussion about Native Americans to one that focuses on the culture that had developed independently from “Old World” influences through criticizing academia and the ideas people have for natives that they were undeveloped and unsophisticated based on European standards of development. He notes that many academics have preconceptions that Native Americans are static and have never been civilized without consideration for the changing circumstances and genocides that have led to their poverty. The underlaying racism that tinge many works of research cause them to dismiss the enormous mounds from past civilizations and the fact that those who built them had ways to shape the earth in subtle and unprecedented ways. Ultimately, Mann himself falls into the trap of using

Often, people rely on mythological and scientific beliefs to explain everyday occurrences, however, myth and science contradict one another. Thesis: Reality, in the eyes of Native Americans, is determined by the past, by the stories/myths their culture has preserved, while modern science contradicts their ideals with facts, creating a conflict of belief. Transition: Anniversary utilizes

The motifs found in the creation myths are undoubtedly different from those found in any other type of myth. Contrary to popular belief, the purpose of the creation myths is much greater than a primitive attempt to explain the mysteries of creation. Behind each creation myth is a vast variety of symbolism along with a number of motives which are often shared between cultures, despite vast geographical differences. My intention here is not only to discuss the purpose of the creation myths, but also to compare and contrast common themes which can be found in three selected works. These being, an Eskimo creation myth, the Ongwe creation myth and the Navajo creation myth.