English III Honors
Native American Myths Study Guide
Answer on a separate sheet of paper in study guide section of notebook
“When Grizzlies Walked Upright.” P. 21
1.
How was Mount Shasta made?
2.
Name three things the Sky Spirit made?
3.
Who was raised by the Grizzly bears?
4.
Why do Grizzlies bear no longer walk upright?
5.
Who became the first Indians?
“from The Navajo Origin Legend.” P. 24
1.
What did the gods or bodies bring to the people?
2.
Why might the gods have brought those things?
3.
How was man created?
4.
Who are the people, and how are they different from man?
“Grandmother Spider Steals the Sun.”
1.
What happened to Possum’s tail?
2.
What happened to Buzzard’s head?
3.
What happened to Grandmother Spider?
4.
What else did she bring to the Cherokee?
“The Ghost Deer of Roanoke.”
1.
What is the Mother Vineyard?
2.
Who attacked the colonist while John White was gone?
3.
Who came and saved the Colonist?
4.
Describe Virginia Dare?
5.
What was Virginia Dare’s Indian name?
6.
Which Indian loved Virginia Dare, but didn’t know how to show it?
7.
Who also loved Virginia Dare, but only as an object not for who she really was?
8.
What did Old Chico do to Virginia Dare?
9.
Who did Okisko go to for help?
10.
What was his advice for Okisko?
11.
What happened to Virginia Dare?
12.
What happened to Okisko’s magic arrow?
13.
Who is the Ghost deer of Roanoke?