Native Americans of the PNW Origin StoriesOral Histories

Native Americans of the PNW Origin Stories/Oral Histories

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Agenda – Review – Objective – Notes • Defining terms • Stories – Preview – Finish Vocabulary – due tomorrow (for full credit)

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Review – Benefits of oral histories – Problems with oral histories

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Objective – Upon completion of this lesson students should be able to… • identify some common characters and themes in Native American origin stories.

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Defining terms (start taking notes) – Coastal Tribes – native groups living west of the Cascades – Plateau Tribes – native groups living east of the Cascades – Coyote – common character in native stories, often creates tribes

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Native perspectives • Commonalities: – Monster destroys – A hero animal kills the monster – Monster’s body parts are distributed around PNW – The body parts represent individual tribes

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Coyote Tale Options: – Killer Mosquito – Coyote and Flint – Cannibal – Sea Monster

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Stories differ from group to group • Four stories in your text – Iltswetsix – Wishpoosh – Coyote – Charger

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Iltswetsix (pg. 90) – From the Nez Perce in SE WA and NE OR – Monster – eating up everybody and everything – Eats Coyote – Coyote takes revenge and slaughters the monster – Each piece becomes a tribe

Kootenai and Flathead (severed head) Page 96 Nez Perce (Blood)

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Wishpoosh (pg. 91) – From groups in the Cascades – Beaver Monster living in Lake Cle Elum – Coyote kills the monster again – Causes the formation of river valleys, Columbia River and lakes – Coyote transforms into fir tree – eaten by monster – Coyote transforms back and cuts up the monster – creating neighboring tribes – Lower body of monster becomes the Coastal tribes

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Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Coyote (pg. 91) – From Clackamas in Western Oregon – Coyote helps Chinook tribe get food (similar to Stephen King-Children of the Corn)

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Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Charger (pg. 91) – From the Skagit in Western WA – Great Flood leaves 5 Indians alive – Two of the survivors have a son – The son creates a new world by covering Earth with a blanket – Wind disperses the new tribes – Charger is known as “New Creator”

Origin Stories/Oral Histories • Preview – Continue Oral Histories – Activity • Find a story not in the textbook • Read and compare it to the commonalities identified in your textbook – Turn in Chapter Four Vocabulary (if you have not done so)