Stories and Myths

 

1. According to the Iroquois, what did the muskrat provide for the creation of the earth?

 

2. What is “turtle island”?

 

3. How did the boy Three Arrows get his name?

 

4. Where does Three Arrows get the idea for making fire?

 

5. According to "Sacrifice at Niagara," what did the Iroquois believe about Niagara Falls, and what did they do there every year?

 

6. Why wasn't LaSalle able to convince the Iroquois that Christianity was better than their religious practices?

 

7. According to the story "Legend of the No-Faced Doll," why do corn husk dolls not have faces?

 

8. According to the Oneida Nation's opening prayer, what is the strongest medicine on earth, the "head of all medicines"?

 

9. According to the story of the Oneida Creation, what was Sky Woman's good child responsible for?

 

10. What was Sky Woman's evil child responsible for?

 

 

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