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    to make it work! So he inaugurates the world. He drops seeds in the ocean which slowly forms into islands and continents and conveniently creates all of our naturals. Like plants‚ mountains‚ ponds‚ etc. Though‚ there is a problem in Phoebegous’s creation. All of the continents are piled together in one spot. He struggles trying to stretch the continents around the globe‚ so he gets assistance from Flora‚ the god of beauty! She very seldom uses her powers for anybody or anything‚ but P

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    Jaden Raso    Contrast Between Anishinaabe   and Iroquois Mythology    Hundreds of years ago‚ in what we now know as North America many First  Nations tribes lived in harmony with nature. They created myths and legends not only to  portray the creation of their land‚ but to teach valuable life lessons. Because their  language’s were not written‚ these myths and legends have been told and have been  passed along many times‚ which is why even in today’s time‚ we can still enjoy and  appreciate their stories

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    Write a 700- to 1‚050-word paper in which you answer the following questions: How is the word myth used popularly? For example‚ what does the statement‚ "It’s a myth" mean? In contrast‚ how is the word myth used in the academic context? After considering the definition in your textbooks and course materials‚ write a definition in your own words. What Are Myths? Myths are ancient narratives that attempt to answer the enduring and fundamental human questions: How did the universe and the world come

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    JR Benedict Nov 20‚ 2012 “Understanding the built environment at the Seneca Iroquois White Springs Site using large-scale multi-instrument archaeogeophysical surveys”. The field of landscape archaeology can be challenging in the way that it conducts itself. Most of the time the sites are obstructed by vegetation or they may be hidden in a farmer’s plowed field. However the surveying of these places do to their size and proximity to any adjacent constraints

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    Champlain started off on a good foot with the Huron Indian tribes by helping them fight their enemies‚ the Iroquois Confederacy. A few shots by the white

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    Journal Entry One The Creation of the Earth from the Yuchi people and The Iroquois Creation Story from the Iroquois people show slightly different worldviews‚ yet both stories opinion of creation have the element of earth being built‚ created‚ as their titles each allude to. These stories worldviews are more alike than not because they each build from the view that earth’s creations come from a higher being or savior. The savior in each story consciously altered what already naturally existed of

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    “The United States was the phoenix that arose out of the destruction of the Iroquois.” This statement may seem strange as the Iroquois League‚ or Iroquois Confederacy as it later became known in 1722 with the addition of the Tuscarora‚ was one the most dominate Indian presences in North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. It originally consisted of the Five Nations of the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga and Seneca. The confederacy referred to themselves as the Haudenosaunee‚ or the People

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    San “Bushmen” VS. Western Society Teresa Billinger ANT101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Tristan Marble May 13‚ 2013 The San “Bushmen” of the Kalahari Desert live in the Southwest area of Africa in diverse environments with their kinship being of a nuclear family mostly of bilateral descent. There are three behaviors that impact the culture which are affluence‚ immediate return system‚ and generalized reciprocity. When compared to Western society culture there are significant differences

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    Iroquois Clan ANT 101 December 5‚ 2011 There are many different cultures‚ each having their own values‚ and rules. The Iroquois are an association of several tribes‚ of indigenous people of North America. The Iroquois have many different ways about their way of living such as rules involving marriage. What contributes to the way an Iroquois react and think? Is it kinship‚ religion‚ and beliefs‚ or is it something else? The Iroquois have a very well-known culture. Iroquois are indigenous

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    cultures. Even though most cultures may seem very different‚ they have similar beliefs. Many of these beliefs are expressed in a culture’s creation myth and by comparing the myths from different cultures you can find many similarities. The African and Chinese myths for example‚ show a close similarity in the creation of humans. In the African myth "The Creation of the Universe‚ Ife‚ and Human Beings‚" Obatala becomes lonely and decides to make humans for companionship. He starts digging in the soil

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