Myths tell us much about a people.
She has lectured throughout Central Europe, Mexico, and the United States..
She is a national lecturer, storyteller, research writer, college professor, and teacher.
We have much to learn from Creation, from each other, and from the holders of the stories." TERESA Pijoan was raised on the San Juan Pueblo Indian Reservation in New Mexico and later her family moved to the Nambe Indian Reservation.
May they continue to tell and share with their families, communities, and the outsiders.
The people hold the stories.
Subjects were located through word of mouth and after a short time people started coming forward and volunteering their stories.
Immediately after the session copious notes were taken and later expanded into a reCreation of the myth. "In collecting these tales," the author says, "no tape recorder was used and no notes were taken during the telling.
The beliefs in this book are only a sampling of the many that still exist today.
Each Tribe, Group or Pueblo hold their beginning to be truths, unique from one another.
Native Americans are of profound beginnings.
They vary from simple to complex and all attempt to answer the question of human origin.
The Myths collected by the author in this book tell us about the rich and varied lives and imagination of the first Americans.
And all cultures have Creation myths.
Myths tell us much about a people
