Compare And Contrast Coyote And The Monster Of Kamiath

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Many people know a little bit about the Indians. But here is the real meaning and description of the Native Americans.So far we as a class have read many Native American stories that have had to do with the culture and traditions that they had. Nez Perce used their stories to teach lessons on behavior and to teach about their beliefs. Beliefs about nature and physical world. Coyote and the Monster of Kamiah. Meadowlark told Coyote, “Already all the people have been swallowed by the Monster.” (Coyote and the Monster of Kamiah 13) This quote is saying that the Monster has already eaten all of the other people in the village like setting so try not to get yourself eaten. Coyote was going to try and get the rest of the people out of the Monster’s stomach. Coyote then said to the people ,“ Now gather up all the bones around here and carry then to the eyes,ears,mouth,and anus of the Monster. Pile them up, and when he falls dead, kick them out the openings.” (Coyote and the MOnster of Kamiah 13) When the coyote located the heart he had help from the people that had already been eaten and had started cutting away at the heart and then he ended up breaking two of his knives. …show more content…

evil. In the First Moccasins the Chief is having issues with his sensitive feet so he has to come up with some kind of solution. “Big Chief, I have found a way to cover the Earth with leather!For you, O chief, from now on the earth will always be covered with leather.” said the Medicine Man. The medicine man had made up a plan that was for sure going to work. But one day the Chief had seen in the distance a beautiful maiden that made him run toward her taking him off the leather path injuring his very sensitive feet. “ Chief seemed to be wearing a pair of bear’s hairless feet, and he was puzzled at first as he looked at the elkhide handcraft of his medicine man” The medicine man hand made the chief a pair of mocassins. They got called the First

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