The Origin Of The Buffalo And The Corn Summary

Native Americans, also called Indians, have inhabited the Americas for hundreds of years, allowing their culture to grow, diversify, and change. Even though many of these Native Americans lived on different sides of the content, and most had little to connection with the others, the natives developed myths that related to each other in a similar spiritual sense, and moral value, through the universal unconscious.

Before 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, there were many tribes living in North America. Two equally similar and different ones were the Iroquois tribe and the Cherokee tribe. On one hand, they are similar because of their geographies and their economies. On the other hand, they are different because of their cultures and religious beliefs.

The name Indians is not actually the correct term, but the indigenous population should have been named Native Americans. The politically

Native American traditional stories, folktales, are stories passed down from generation to generation by story telling and performance. Native Americans emphasized the importance of living in harmony with the naturual world. They had complex religious beliefs, sophisticated poltical systems, and strong morals. Some of the stories are creation myths, tales of heroes, and tricksters. Trickster tales are stories that have animals or human characters who engage in deceit, violence, or magic. Often trickster tales are said to explain why the world is the way it is. "Coyote and the Buffalo" and "Fox and Coyote and Whale" are two trickster tales, retold by Mourning Dove, explaining how Coyote's action created changes in

Trickster tales have been an important part of the Native American culture for hundreds of years. Trickster tales are an oral storytelling tradition and are continuously passed down from generation to generation of Native American Indians. American Indians enjoy listening and telling trickster tales because it is a fun and interesting way to tell a story with a valuable lesson. In many tales, the trickster has a name associated with an animal, and a majority of listeners assume they are animals; however, in some tales, characteristics may appear more human-like. Trickster tales allow Native American cultures to use their imagination and thoroughly understand the moral lessons presented in the tales, and therefore may help with one’s

“”Here,” he said. “Give me your hand. We are brothers. You are my son. I pass to you my vision, even though I cannot pass to you my knowledge. There lies in the ground not far from here one who truly was my son. He could not bear the pain of knowing two truths. And so I give my vision to you who knows one one. Perhaps it will be easier to bear. Perhaps it will be easier to share.”” Throughout the book Neither Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn, the author travels a long way from his home to visit the reservation of a Native American elder named Dan. Nerburn agrees to write a book for Dan that will attempt to convey some aspects of American Indian life and truth in contrast to false images displayed in pop culture. This passage contributes to the

Native Americans never saw themselves as single peoples, the term indian did not come until the arrival of europeans in 1492 (22).

Oscar Zeta Acosta was a powerful activist in East Los Angeles. In “The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo,” Acosta describes his life after moving to East LA, where he attended law school in San Francisco and became an attorney and counselor in the Legal Aid Society, helping women who were abused by their husbands. Not finding himself in this daily routine he quit his job and eventually ended up in in East LA where he was greatly involved in the Chicano Movements. He described himself and along with his fellow Chicano race the “Brown Buffalos,” comparing his kind to a herd that meant no harm yet can kill with a stampede. Although, they were no threat they were still slaughtered for the pleasure of others, “hanged as trophies.”

When red dye came to the world only the rich and powerful could have it.

Like a coin dropped between the cushions of a couch, traditional oral storytelling is a custom fading away in current American culture. For Native Americans, however, the practice of oral storytelling is still a tradition that carries culture and rich history over the course of generations. Three examples of traditional oral stories, “How Men and Women Got Together”, “Coyote’s Rabbit Chase”, and “Corn Mother”, demonstrate key differences in perspectives and values among diverse native tribes in America.

There are many similarities in theses two trickster tales “Coyote Steals Fire” and “Master Cat”. The first similarity in these two stories are the main characters are both animals. A coyote and also a cat in these two stories. Another one is they all achieved their goals. The coyote got his fire that he wanted and the Cat got the Miller son and himself wealth.

These three characters have some similarities and some differences, knowing or not knowing their identity. 1 out 3 was not sure who she was, she was embarrassed to be called by her true nationality known as an “Indian” by Beatrice Cullenton with the story “April Raintree”. As April got older she started to understand what “Indians” were and how they were stereotyped and treated by others, she wanted nothing to do with either of those. The 2 out of 3 Ellen was a farmer’s wife who her and the husband had a baby that lived in a poor environment that could not support the baby to live any longer with the dust and musty smell, the husband did not have another job to support his family or animals. The animals were are starved and skinny and were not good enough profit to sell to make money. Ellen wanted to leave and never return with her baby. The 3 out of 3 knew his identity quit well with “I’m not the Indian you had in mind” by Thomas King. The poem stated that not all “Indians” are the same, but some have things in common.

The Indian does not exist. It is an imaginary figure, according to Daniel Francis (The Imaginary Indian), invented by Europeans that originated in Columbus's mistake, as he believed he had landed in the East Indies, and developed into fantasy. "Through the prism of white hopes, fears and prejudices, indigenous Americans would be seen to have lost contact with reality and to have become 'Indians'; that is anything non-Natives wanted them to be," (5). Thus they were attributed a wide range of conflicting characteristics, simultaneously seen as noble savages, full of stoicism, the last representatives of a dying race and blood-thirsty warriors, void of emotion and dull-witted, reflecting European

I’m Kirk and my friends Henry and Clarence and me, are going on a quest to find a buffalo. You’re probably like, seriously, that’s easy. But this isn’t just a regular buffalo, this is a white buffalo very rare, and we want to find a herd of them. At least that is what Henry said. I asked if we could shoot one but Henry said that’s illegal. But who cares.

There are a few similarities in Coyote Steals Fire and the story Master Cat. The very first similarity is the use of anthropomorphism. Both of the animals and the tales think and plot, they hold intelligent conversations and make detailed decisions. Coyote makes the decision to cheat in the gambling game and he makes and conjugates the plan on how to cheat Thunder. Master Cat uses gifts to gain the trust of the king so he would easily believe him at later on. Master Cat and Coyote also use very similar methods to obtain their goal. They both use lies, elaborate plans they made, and verbal fibs. Master Cat decieves with fake trust