Make sure to provide links to your sources and include it in the summaries.
Here are a few links to help you get started:
Research, read, and summarize 2 Trickster stories:
(challenge option for bonus marks - include a moral/ethical issue from the story)
How Raven Made the Tides. (Tsimshian)
Source:
Keepers of the Earth, by Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac (book)
Summary:
Is what the Raven did to the old woman good or bad?
The Legend of Napi and the Rock (Blackfoot)
Source:
http://www.olsn.ca/fnplw/content/2015/The_Legend_of_Napi_and_the_Rock.pdf
Summary:
Was Napi justified in taking the robe back? Should he have even lent his robe in the first place?
Waynaboozhoo and the Geese (Ojibwe)
Source:
Trickster: Native American Tales , A Graphic Novel (book)
Summary:
What does this story say about greed? Waynaboozhoo tried to catch all of the flock instead of one or two. His actions, based on greed changed nature forever; however, is it better for geese to fly in a “V” ?
Here are a few links to help you get started:
- http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/tricksters/
- http://ccb.lis.illinois.edu/Projects/storytelling/hempel_403b/
- http://kevpass.weebly.com/
- http://www.britannica.com/art/trickster-tale
- http://arcadiasystems.org/academia/printtrickster.html
Research, read, and summarize 2 Trickster stories:
(challenge option for bonus marks - include a moral/ethical issue from the story)
How Raven Made the Tides. (Tsimshian)
Source:
Keepers of the Earth, by Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac (book)
Summary:
- This is a creation story of the Tsimshian people which describes the origin of tides.
- There was an old woman who controlled the tides with a “tide-line,” an object she would always hold, so it was always high-tide.
- The people were often hungry because many good things were hidden deep under water.
- Raven visits the old lady, knocks her down, and blinds her with dust.
- Raven eats his fill, then returns to make a deal with the old woman to let the tides go out twice a day in exchange for healing her eyes.
- This is why the tides are how they are.
Is what the Raven did to the old woman good or bad?
The Legend of Napi and the Rock (Blackfoot)
Source:
http://www.olsn.ca/fnplw/content/2015/The_Legend_of_Napi_and_the_Rock.pdf
Summary:
- Napi is the supernatural trickster of the Blackfoot peoples
- One warm summer day he rested on a rock
- He gave his robe to the rock to thank it
- The weather became cold, and Napi asked for his robe back
- Napi stole the robe back and the rock angrily rolled after him
- A deer, bison and pronghorn tried to stop it and got crushed
- Some bats dove at the rock and split it in two, stopping it
Was Napi justified in taking the robe back? Should he have even lent his robe in the first place?
Waynaboozhoo and the Geese (Ojibwe)
Source:
Trickster: Native American Tales , A Graphic Novel (book)
Summary:
- Waynaboozhoo liked to play tricks on people and animals.
- He saw a flock of geese and wanted to catch all of them instead of one or two, so he made a strong rope out of bark.
- He snuck up on the geese by swimming underwater.
- He tied the rope to all of the geese and held on tight to the ropes.
- The geese, who were now tied together, flew away with Waynaboozhoo.
- Waynaboozhoo let go of the rope when he saw a soft swamp to land in. The geese were still tied together and flew away. This is why geese fly in a “V” formation.
What does this story say about greed? Waynaboozhoo tried to catch all of the flock instead of one or two. His actions, based on greed changed nature forever; however, is it better for geese to fly in a “V” ?