They symbols that contributes to the theme of “The World on a Turtle’s Back” (an Iroquois legend) include the turtle‚ the great tree‚ and the twins. These symbols contributes to the theme because they all represent one form or another in the story of creation. According to the myth the culture values all that is living‚ and due to the similarities to the story of creation in Christianity they do believe that only one person created the world and all we know about it. However‚ it was two twins‚ a
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The Iroquois myth‚ “The World on the Turtle’s Back‚” is a piece that has been passed down from one generation to the next since 1800. It introduces a story of the world; good and bad‚ male and female roles‚ a great god‚ the solar system‚ growth‚ etc. This text not only challenges stereotypical views of gender roles‚ but it also introduces a different perspective on superiority. As the male population is classically seen as dominant‚ fearless‚ and powerful souls; while the female population is seen
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In William Bradford’s Chronicle “Of Plymouth Plantation” (1606-1646) and Iroquois’ Creation Myth “The World on the Turtle’s Back” (2012)‚ they showed that it takes guts and the confidence to become an explorer of the unknown. Can curiosity lead you to your thinking of death but changes the thinking of being the most amazing thing happened to you in life? Even with the risks of starvation‚ dehydration‚ disease‚ and possibly death‚ would you still go and explore the unknown? An explorer seeks the unknown
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Kinship of the Iroquois Christine Garcia ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Benjamin Wright March 12‚ 2012 KINSHIP OF THE IROQUOIS Kinship can best be defined as a system of social relationships‚ or in simpler terms a system of family. According to our text‚ “kinship involves how people classify each other‚ the rules that affect people’s behavior‚ and people’s actual behavior.” (Nowak and Laird‚ 2010‚ 4:5) Kinship can be seen in our everyday lives within our own circle
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The Iroquois‚ or Haudenosaunee‚ which means “people of the longhouse”‚ were a great nation that was made up of six smaller nations‚ the Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Mohawk‚ and the Tuscarora (The Canadian Encyclopedia). The Iroquois was formed when five nations‚ the Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Mohawk signed a Great Law of Peace‚ which is considered to be both a political foundation and the root for the Iroquois society in general (The Canadian Encyclopedia). It was not until 1722‚
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are in a particular place‚ and how they should continue to live in that particular place. “The World on the Turtle’s Back” reminds the people of those three things. In the creation story “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ the people are told who and what they are. As the story tells‚ “Far above this unpeopled world‚ there was a sky-world. Here lived the gods who were like people- like Iroquois (Iroquois 38).” The people are told that they resemble the form of the gods. This explains what they look
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Ethnography Research 10/10/2014 Iroquois Indians The book I used for some of my ethnographic research was the League of the Iroquois by Lewis H. Morgan. The Iroquois were people of the longhouse. Longhouses are long and narrow bark covered homes‚ which contained one large extended family. Within the Iroquois tribe there were five sub clans that made up the Iroquois League which were the Cayuga‚ Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Seneca. These sub clans made up the Iroquois League or league of peace and
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The World on the Turtle’s Back is an origin story created by the Indians about the formation of Earth and how life came to exist on it. It states that before Earth existed‚ there was just Water‚ and the Skyland. A women falls from the Skyland only holding a handful of seeds after the chief uproots the Great Tree. As the women is falling the birds living below in the water‚ all agree to do something to help the women. They then fly up to her as she is falling and catch her and lower her down to the
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The Iroquois are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America. The African Bushmen‚ are the indigenous people of southern Africa. They have completely different religions‚ and completely different traditions. The African Bushmen and the Iroquois both believe that their people lived somewhere else before they came to earth. The African Bushmen believed that they were deep underground. Their god is named Kaang (Käng)‚ and he is the Great Master and Lord of All Life. Iroquois
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The Iroquois Tribe The culture of the Iroquois people had much to do with their environment‚ ways of living‚ and food. They had many things in common with other tribes‚ while also having some differences. These small differences are what made each and every tribe unique. The Iroquois lived in the eastern woodlands near the Great Lakes and in the Ohio River Valley. Because of the abundance of water‚ they were able to grow their crops well there. The Iroquois Confederacy consisted of 6 separate nations
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