Search results for "Native American folklore" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... In arguing for a merged “African-Native American folklore,” the ...
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  • appearance in the popular culture and folklore of many nations, tribes ... vulpes) especially has a reputation in folklore of being "clever" ...
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  • concerns for protecting mostly prehistoric Native Americans ruins and artifacts ... Like the surrounding Black Hills, Native Americans consider the area ...
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  • formerly as Etchemin) are an Algonquian Native American/First Nations people ... of the Bright River" in their native language (LeSourd 2007). ...
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  • under various European, African, and Native American influences, and ... of the French, Spanish, African, and Native Americans, and the quintessential ...
    19 KB (2,856 words) - 22:44, 16 December 2021
  • The Serrano are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They ... subset of the Uto-Aztecan group of Native Americans. They were an offshoot ...
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  • food of many indigenous peoples. (See Native American management of acorn ... ===Native American management of acorn resources=== Acorns were a traditional ...
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  • plays tricks on the Norse gods. In folklore, the trickster is incarnated ... destruction, courage, or wisdom. For many Native Americans, the eagle is a ...
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  • In technical discourse, however, as in American usage, the term "weasel ... food from competing creatures. In folklore at least, this dance is ...
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  • Bender and Bender 2005). The popular folklore regarding iron has been ... over winter in temperate regions. It is native to central and southwestern ...
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  • by growing concern for the treatment of Native Americans by the European ... national holiday that would recognize both Native Americans and the many immigrants ...
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  • American composer George Rochberg offered the following observation ... At the outset of the twentieth century, there were few native Spanish ...
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  • in the Passamaquoddy language) are a Native American/First Nations people ... the number of children who speak the native language. To modern Western ...
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  • horsemen and cowhands of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian ... by South America’s ruling class, native-born aristocrats called criollos ...
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  • creature is a creature from mythology or folklore (often known as "fabulous ... to exact punishment. In mythology and folklore the world over "wonder ...
    32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
  • Amulets also permeated almost every aspect of the Native American ... Buddha. These were hungrily acquired by native Buddhists in India, and the ...
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  • this rugged terrain are not unlike American pioneers, who had to deal ... the continent's coastal areas, its native people, the Aborigines, have ...
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  • The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...
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  • horse possessed by the devil, and Swedish folklore holds that the devil uses ... or "horse biter." In some South American countries, dragonflies are ...
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  • America, the systematic comparison of the folklore, beliefs, and practices ... such atrocities as the forced removal of Native Americans from their land ...
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