Abstract
Native American storytelling has become a very vital issue in education. It preserves Native American history for the next generation and teaches them important lessons about the Native American culture. It also conveys moral meanings, knowledge and social values of the Native American people to the universe. More importantly, Native American storytelling teaches people not to be isolated, and the key issues discussed in this paper are borrowed from the selected poems of Native American Luci Tapahonso: ‘The Holy Twins’ and ‘Remember the Things that you told.’ Keywords : folklore, narrating, Native American, oral tradition, storytelling
Highlights
In Native American literature two opposing cultural modes are linked: the oral tradition of the People and the written tradition of the white man
Stories are often used for teaching and sometimes to disciplining people about important cultural issues, especially among Native Americans who live in close proximity to each other
The paper has highlighted on the link between two opposing cultural modes: the oral tradition of the people and the written tradition of the white man
Summary
In Native American literature two opposing cultural modes are linked: the oral tradition of the People and the written tradition of the white man. (Secco, 1992: 59) Greg Sarris described Storytelling forms as an important part of Native American culture. The violent, impossible and weird features of their narratives were not escapist fantasizing, but a means for imagining real and common situations, feelings, attitudes, beliefs of the utmost importance to the functioning of their societies They thought of storytelling as an exercise. They were entertaining and memorable to the audiences who heard them This guaranteed these stories would be remembered and passed down to the coming generations, who needed to understand who they were, where they had come from, and why the world is the way it is, if they were to survive and prosper in the challenging times that were – and still are - always just ahead. This guaranteed these stories would be remembered and passed down to the coming generations, who needed to understand who they were, where they had come from, and why the world is the way it is, if they were to survive and prosper in the challenging times that were – and still are - always just ahead. (‘Storytelling Traditions of Native Americans’, 2004)
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