Essay Archive - Native American Literature
Native American Literature
Native American Literature comes from the 700 different tribes who migrated to what is known today as America. Considering each tribe held diverse cultures, had different living styles, religious matters and governments, one would also think their oral tradition of poems and stories would be dissimilar. “The Walam Olum”, “Song of the Sky Loom”, and “I have Killed the Deer”, are all accounts taken from different tribes. After reading their many folk tales, one not only finds that each reinforce tribal customs, but show a close relationship between humans and ....
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