Transcript World on a Turtle`s Back

World on a Turtle’s Back
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Iroquis Tale
• Explains how the world was created
• Iroquis- refers to five separate Native
American peoples-Seneca, Cayuga,
Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk
• Lived in woodlands of New York State
(Hudson River/Great Lakes)
• Iroquois groups spoke similar languages, held
similar beliefs, and followed similar ways of life
• Long houses. Build fences for protection
• Women cultivated three sisters (squash, beans
and corn) gathered berries and nuts
• Men: hunted, fished, and fought with Mahican
people
• Warfare was important: gave men power and
prestige.
• League was created to end fighting among the
nations that formed the alliance
Focus Your Reading
• Myth-traditional story , passed down
through generations that explains why thje
world is the way it is
• Creation Myth-explains how the universe,
earth and life began.
World on a Turtle’s Back Quiz
• There were more than __________
different kinds of Native American Tribes?
• There were over _________ different
languages spoke by Native Americans
• A myth is a _____________________
• The Iroquois were from what part of North
America_______________
• Were the Iroquois
nomadic?____________________
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The World on a Turtle’s Back
From what tribe do we get The World On a Turtle’s Back?___________
Where in the modern United States would you have found this tribe? _____________
According to The World on a Turtle’s Back, in the beginning there was the ocean, a great void of air, and far above
the unpeopled world was _____________.
How does the Sky Woman end up in our world?
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________________________________________________________________________7. What animal is
responsible for bringing the _________ to the woman so she could plant the ______________ and ___________
she was able to grasp during her fall? _____________
8Who gives birth to the twins? ________________
9What are the twins’ names?_______________________ and ___________________
How is the twins mother killed? _______________________________
What springs from the mother’s head? _________________________
Where does tobacco come from according to this Iroquois myth______________
What is the major difference between the twins?
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When one twin makes the deer, the other twin made the ______________.
Which twin is killed and
how?_______________________________________________________________________________________
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What happens to the dead twin’s body?
Which twin reigns the day?________________________
Which twin reigns the night? __________________________
What happens to the grandmother ?____________________________ and
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