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= = =__Origin Myths and Exploration Narratives__=

Back in the time before any anglo-saxon from the European nations set foot upon what is now known as the Americas, lived various groups of indigenous or native people who were in harmony with their land and the natural world. Most of them had an elaborate language or dialect in which they communicated and told history. They didn't have the neccesary accesories to write, so their only means for the survival of their culture and traditons were through verbal accounts. Oral traditions are what have kept these stories alive to withstand the test of time to finally write them on paper thanks to the authors mentioned below.

" The Earth On Turtle's Back" - retold by Michael J Caduto and Joseph Bruchac " When Grizzlies Walked Upright" - retold by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz excerpt from " The Navajo Origin Legend" - retold by Washington Matthews excerpt from " The Iroquois Constitution" - translated by Arthut C. Parker

As time went on European nations explored more and more of the continent. The explorers saw things that had never been seen by anyone before them. As they expored they recorded the events that occured on their trips and what they saw. These accounts are the only surviving records of the trials the explorers went through and their emotions as they went on.

"A Journey Through Texas" by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca "Boulders Taller Than the Great Tower of Seville" by García López de Cárdenas from "The interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" by Olaudah Equiano "Diamond Island: Alcatraz" by Allisti Ti-Tanin-Miji

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