Native American Assignment

Exploring Native American Culture assignments are opportunities provided in each unit to research and gain insight into Native American culture through non-literary cultural artifacts. For Unit 3, complete the following assignment:

Compose a short work of literature that embodies Native American themes and modes of presentation. This could be a poem, creation myth, or short work of fiction or non-fiction:

Focuson a life event(s), real or fictional
Explore themes of identity realization
No length minimum or maximum

2. Analyze your composition in a 2-3 paragraph essay that explains how your composition demonstrates Native American values and themes.

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Native American Creation Myth

There are various theories and ideas from Native America which try to explain how the world came into existence. These creation myths present legends from various cultures in Native America.

The Apache group of people has a creation myth that involves animals and gods. It presents Quetzalcoatl and Tepeu who have the capability of thinking about anything and it comes into existence.

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