2007-07-08 04:06:40 · 6 answers · asked by Roy B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Thank you very much for your answers, I know the Native Americans had no writing systems but I wondered if there were poems passed down orally which were attributed to one person, a chief perhaps.
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2007-07-13 10:43:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I regret that I do not have any specifics for your inquiry. I do have several books on Native American Wisdom. Because of their beliefs and the way the American Indian spoke, I think of poetry just reading what they said.
"Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth!" - Tecumseh, Shawnee
"We are like birds with a broken wing. My heart is cold within me. My eyes are growing dim - I am old."
Chief Plenty Coups, Crow
"We do not want churches because they will teach us to quarrel about God........." - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
Just some examples I thought may support my opinion. Take care.
2007-07-08 19:57:11 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sorry to burst your bubble but the Cherokee had a written language. As far as poets, I know of none but if you contact the Indian Council in Oklahoma. I have not kept up on my family's history.
2007-07-16 00:59:15 · answer #3 · answered by Coop 366 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pre contact NOTHING was written down.
BUT
There are stories , songs, poems etc All handed down ORALLY. All recited the same way they were learned in the beginning.
2007-07-08 16:23:09 · answer #4 · answered by Mr.TwoCrows 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Songs were probably the closest since they were an "oral history" type of people with no writing.
2007-07-08 20:47:23 · answer #5 · answered by Indigo 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
See below.
2007-07-08 11:22:41 · answer #6 · answered by staisil 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋