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Zuni Indian Tribe

Date Submitted: 10/21/2004 23:32:24
Category: / History
Length: 3 pages (759 words)
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Hundreds of years ago the Zuni people created and told stories of human and world creations, tales of love and lust, and just about anything "that gave people an explanation for something they could not understand" (Gaarder 25). They made up all these legends or myths before there was anything called science. The stories came from the heart and soul of these native people. Legends are not just silly stories that were told for amusement they …

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…to the Zuni, the Kachinas were demi-gods. "They regularly visited the pueblos and established elaborate rituals that included festive dances for the people"(Erdoes and Ortiz 143). Yet, though the Eagle trusted the Coyote and showed the Coyote he did by allowing him to carry the boxes, even though he knew how sneaky he was. But to the Coyote that was not enough, he wanted more. In a way, he had to have the "last word."

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