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    At the tips of the boomerangs‚ you will see the Aboriginal symbol for four people sitting down. This is where my story begins. I live in a family of four with strict way of life. The symbol has a reddish-orange outside to show how my brother and I were disciplined and taught. The second ring shows a yellow color which represents the wisdom our parents have passed down to us. The final dot is a dark blue that shows the tears my family shed‚ and the sadness that hit all of us‚ which ultimately changed

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    Native American Creation Stories 1. The “Stories of the Beginning of the World” are essentially legends told by different Native American tribes about the origins of the world. They all had their tales of how the world‚ we live in now‚ was created. The stories explain how humans‚ as well as our surroundings‚ were created. 2. Iroquois Creation Story and Pima Creation Stories has their own characters and distinct version of how the world came to be. In the first story‚ the Sky Woman‚ mother

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    Distractors There are many good things on the internet but there are also as many bad. Search engines‚ such as Google and Bing‚ are often used to find information from sites like CNN. However‚ search engines are prone to many distractors such as video games or viral videos. The internet isn’t a bad place for learning‚ but if the internet is not used properly it can prevent someone from learning what they need to. The internet is home to many things that can cause the mind to move away from learning

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    the book of Genesis‚ there are two separate stories of creation. Both stories include information about God‚ humankind‚ and our relationship with God. The first and second creation stories provide contrasting information about God. In the first creation story‚ God observes from above‚ an earth without form or shape‚ and darkness over the abyss. He begins creation by uttering the words‚ “Let there be light” (Genesis 1:3). God speaks outside of creation‚ and creates the world and its inhabitants from

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    “Adam and Eve” Creation Story and its Ties to the Oppression of Women In most cultures‚ women are seen as subservient to the “dominant” male figure within the cultural norm of the society. The Western culture is no different in the fact that women have been oppressed and continue to be oppressed today. There are layers and underlying reasons as to why this has become a cultural “norm” in many areas. Specifically regarding the Western Christian culture‚ the bible’s creation story “Adam and Eve”‚

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    world have a creation story‚ some share common elements‚ while others are something much different. Three creation stories that share similar structure are‚ “The Creation and Emergence” of the Jicarilla Indians‚ “The Golden Chain” of the Yorubans‚ and the story of “Genesis” of the Hebrews. Each of these stories gives the background for the creation of earth and man‚ but each shows how the way of life in a particular religion is evidence in its creation story. While these three stories share many similarities

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    present within most creation stories as the genesis of life because of its indispensable life sustaining properties. The oldest religious literature of India is the Rig-Veda; a hymn from the Rig Veda claims that human life began “in the watery darkness” (Fiero 14). Another creation story passed down orally by African tribal people says that life originated in “the slender grasses that grow in wet‚ marshy soil” (Fiero 14). This is very similar to Egyptian myths of creation that stated “At the beginning

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    Scriptures. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2006 Genesis. The Catholic Study Bible New American Bible including the Revised Psalms and the Revised New Testament. New York: Oxford UP‚ 1991. Print. Matthews‚ Victor. Old Testament Parallels: Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East. Mahwah‚ Paulist Press‚ 2006 Ryken‚ Leland. Words of Delight: An introduction to the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker‚ 1992. Speiser‚ E. A. Genesis: Introduction‚ Translation‚ and Notes. New York: Doubleday‚ 1964.

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    outwards‚ reaching farther than your eye can see‚ you drop onto your newly created land. The two creation stories are very similar but they are more different than you think. The West Africans and the Lakota creation stories were alike in many ways‚ for example they both involved the land starting as sand being dropped into an endless ocean‚ then the sand expanding and creating land‚ also in both stories both of the creators were not happy with what was happening before‚ one had the previous world

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    This paper looks into the Haida and Anishinaabe creation stories‚ as well as looking at the bear clan and using the bear clan perspective to analyze both those stories. According to the lecture entitled “Anishinaabe Governance Structures” the bear clan takes on a protective role amongst its people‚ with roles that include patrollers‚ peacekeepers‚ healers‚ and solitary warriors. The Haida creation story is about a raven who finds himself in a town in the sky country. The raven takes the place of

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