Assignment+3+-+The+Creation+of+Story

[|Link] Worden Waukechon September 9, 2009 My theory about this costume is that it was worn during the fall months of the year before a hunt and after a hunt. Three men to be staged at the end of the hunt area and four men to drive the game to the end of the hunt for the three men to kill. The dance was to prey for good luck before a hunt and the dance was to give thanks for the end of a successful hunt.

-Worden I like how you used hunting in your story it really makes your story unique. Sheila Dash i like the hunting part-amber webster

Ellie Doxtator 09-24-09


 * This is a piece that came from an early egytain era, it looks like a spink of some sort and it's wearing a human mask. This container if you will, was used for special ceremonies held by the egytains leader. He would fill it with the fines wines and serve it to the one he thought were worthy enough to drink it. He would watch carefully as the people he selected would drink from this spinks very slow and gentle so they could enjoy every part of the wine. It was quite the honor to get chosen to take a drink, so no one dared to turn down their leader. But this one day the leader was so upset with some of his followers that he decided to put somekind of poison in it, and he ask them folks to come on over for a ceremony. Thinking he was bring them over for this special drink, and not realizing he was disappointed at all of them, they drank it. And a little while after that their leader started to feel sick, because the powers of the spinks was not to hurt or kill anyone but to bring them good fortune the power of the spinks reversed the actions he was trying to do to the people, to him. Within a hour their great leader was dead. The end.**

-Ellie interesting story showing how if you abuse your good power it could come back to you and take away your life. Sheila Dash

like the old time egytains theroyamber webster

Art Slides =Each one of these faces represents the month's., long ago the Indians figued if they make somthing nice and high, so is to be closer t the creator. They started making a face and it took 30 days to do so they started calling them a month. By the time they had gotten finished with the next face it was only 28 days and another new moon came again so they started calling these months. By the time the year finished 12 new moons had passed by so they called this a year. Then they were finished and very pleased with their art, they thought the creator liked it so this is were they have their ceremonies, sweats, they also came here to thank the Creator, for the day or their families or just to obsrve and be close to the Higher Power.= =Sherry Wheelock=

-Sherry I like your use of the calendar it different I would have never thought of that. Sheila Dash

=very creativeamber webster= =Dezhoni Anton= == =(i thought we had to write it in third person so please bear with me.) The carver sighed again, locked in his own chambers like a child until he finished the sculpture of the emperor’s deceased Jaguar. He continued to carve but kept thoughts of good fortune for the jaguar in his mind as he worked. In all truth, he really did miss seeing the beautiful creature. Nothing he knew could be so beautiful, yet so deadly in his entire life time. As he thought and worked, his hands strayed from his mind and began to move on their own. Soon the jaguar seemed to give off the gleam of the old man who carved it as he polished it smooth. Proud of his work, he presented it to the emperor who wasn’t pleased at first, but as he kept looking at it he kept seeing more and more how much heart was put into the jaguar. = = = = -Dezhoni I like how you made the story ending talk about how art can be very beautiful when heart is put into it.Sheila Dash =

== =**Dakota House**= 09/23/09 The creation story to this peice of work was created by what I believe as the Aztecs, Mayans, or Incan civilizatons. It is about the cycle of life. The small body is that of a child that appears to be laughing but at the same time it shows death. Meaning that everything is born and then everything dies. It was created because a child must have died and the artist was grieveing the death and wondered why a new child was brought into this world only to be taken back by their god.

- Cody liked how you used life and death in your story. Sheila Dash

Casey Cornelius (09/21/09) In the picture you will see what appears to be snakes attached to a human body form so he can walk around unnoticed. This image is telling a story of a snake god that uses his abilities to either heal and help, or torture and destroy what he feels to be for the best. He holds two snakes in each hand the right hand holds the snakes of healing while the other hand holds the snakes of death. With two larger snakes in a pouch that are for feeding and what you believe to be his head is not. Its a snake that shoots out of the top of the body cavity grab you by the head and feed you to his pets or turn you into a snake as a pet then putting you in the pouch with the others for all eternity.

Yaw^?ko Casey C.

-Casey I really liked how you described each piece of the picture. Sheila Dash.

Rhiannon Boyd 09/21/09

This looks like a patch quilt to me:

My story begins with an elder telling the future generations of how the great war of their tribe was won and of the many warriors that sacrificed their lives so that they could live in peace. I believe that one child became a young woman who grew up to be a great quilter. She made this quilt inspired by the victory of warriors past. One of the great warriors was her grandfather whom she never got to meet, his sacrifice for their tribe was an honor to be his grand daughter. This was the only way she knew how to honor him and their family. The quilt was then carried down from generation to generation only to be discovered by archeologists and then sold to museum; never to be touched again.

-Rhiannon I like how you include the elderly in your story. Sheila Dash.

Sheila Dash 9-22-09

This reminds me of the Antelope society of the Hopi.

Long ago there was many worlds and these worlds still exist. The reason for the worlds is to create the perfect world where the people live off the land and respect each other. The whole idea is to carry on the traditional ways and you must remain pure of heart. Each time someone or something would disrupt the balance the people would have to find another land and purify themselves. In the very beginning the elders created this container and it was blessed. The elders were to carry this pitcher with them throughout their travels to remind them of where they came from. The pitcher was also given a special healing power for the elders were warned some of their people would get ill along their journey. The pitcher was made from a special clay they found deep in the earth's core. The material for the designs was made from cornmeal and ash. Each item having it own special power to the people. As the people traveled they learned the pitcher had more power then was originally thought. The elders were the only ones who knew of what the pitcher would come to be. The pitchers main purpose was to guide them back to their home on the mesa. The people continued to travel and with their travels came sickness, death, and hunger. The pitcher was used to save the people in their time of need and when a death happened it was believed that the person was no longer pure of heart and would not be able to return to the mesa with the people. So they buried their dead along the way and continued on their journey. The people to this day are still moving and the pitcher is still helping them to find their way back to the mesa. Once they return to the mesa they should all be of pure hearts and will go back to living in the traditional way.

Create a story [|th_scan0046.jpg] ** My story is about an Aztec Elder Grandma. She lives in the top of the stone monument on the right. She was put up so high in order to be closer to the creator, so her prayers could be heard sooner, and her visions or answeres could return back to her faster. She was chosen by her tribe to be the teacher most important for passing down her tribes stories, values, beliefs and knowledge to all community members. She spends most of her time sitting up on the hill behind her home telling funny stories to the children of the community as a way of educating them about life. The huge staircase in front of her home is for visiters to travel up with gifts they will be giving her as they ask questions, or for help with problem solving. There is a trail on the left side of the monument in order to get supplies and other items either up or down to the grandma elder, or to get her up and down. There is a hill on the backside of her home with a much more level entrance way for her to use. The pearls around her neck each signify an amount of time she has been the chosen grandma. When she passes this responsibility on, she will hand over 1 bead from her necklace to the person she assigns this responsibility to. The cuffs around her wrists and huge hands signify her strength, and the strength of all native women in her community. The scarfed jewel that she carries in her hands is said to be holding all of the knowledge, stories and power she needs in order to help her people. It also will be handed on to her successor. Her bare feet signify the many sacrifices her and many other grandmothers have made for their families and people. When she is sleeping at night, or for any other reason that she would need to put her scarfed jewel or her pearls down, she chooses a different young man each time to store, watch over and protect these items for her. She does this to begin teaching the young men about the sacrifices and responsibilities they will someday have in honoring, protecting, and providing for their own families one day. The grandma statue stands as a rememberance of this story being passed down from generation to generation. It is used as a tool to help us older generations remember to teach the younger generations about the importance of our mother's and grandmothers, and all of the things they have sacrificed for us. It is also to remind us to always give them the honor and respect they deserve.
 * Lenore M. Shepard

-Lenore I like how you use the elderly woman to represent her tribe. I think it makes people see the value of our elders.

Connie Wray create a story Etched in stone on the arch holds the secrets of how to see the future or go back to the past. Long ago a unsuspecting youg women came across this stone arch that was covered in vines and moss. Letting curiosity get the best of her she slowly and carefully removed the moss and vines, trying to make out the strange markings and pictures. She stood and stared at the arch for what seemed forever but did not not get any closer to discovering what to make of it. She left the arch to go back to her family who was sure worried about her, because of the length of time she was gone. Settled in for the night she could not get the mysterious arch out of her mind and had to see it again. Arriving back at the arch it was not in the same place she had left it. Instead it was in her path all lit up and haze in the center which seemed to be calling to her. As she looked upon the arch she noticed that a piece of the arch seemed to be missing, she picked it up and slowly put it in the whole that she thought it may belong. With out a instant to react the arch rumbled and with a quick flash of light she was pulled into the arch and brought to another world far from her own. No one ever solved this mystery of where the young girl may have disappered and why a lock of her long hair was found on that stone arch so long ago.

-Connie I like how you build up the suspense in your story and you have me wondering what happened to the girl. Sheila Dash.

Colleen LeMieux 09/24/09 When a little girls Great-grandmother had passed away she had called in her daughter and told her i have a present for you.the daughter had opened the present and had seen this beautiful yolk made of leather had all this beautiful beading on it, but the beading wasnt finished. So the mother had told her when you recieve this yolk you have to bead just one person on it, to represent you. When you are about to pass away you hand it down to your daughter. Then she will have to bead a person on it to represent her. So when the little girls Granmother was about to pass awy she gave the yolk to the little girls mother and told her the story of how when you recieve this yolk you have to bead a person on it to represent you. Well the little girl was present when the mother had recieved the beautiful yolk and had started asking questions about it. The Grandmother had proudly told her the story of how when this yolk is completly done, is when you will proudly give it to your daughter, and by that time, the yolk will have gone through seven generations of women. The little girl had a big smile on her face and finally understood what the yolk had meant to the women in her family.

-Colleen I like how your story has the yolk being passed down and how its a piece of each person who receives it. Sheila Dash

Racheal Ninham, 9-24-09, Grasshopper This sculpture was carved from red volcanic rock called carnelian.Long ago the story behind this carving was that this grasshopper was a childs toy, believe it or not. This was given to a child from its parents and as the parents would give it to the child, they would tell the young child that this grasshopper is very important to us. They would tell the child that the grasshopper has special powers because the grasshopper would know when the rain would arrive. Which the rain would help their crops grow amazing. So the elders of the village annouced to the village people, "the grasshopper can eat as much crops as they wish, for that the grasshopper had let us know when the rain arrives." That is why to this day the grasshoppers are always in the crops eating it.

-Racheal I like how you told where the grasshopper came from. I never thought of it to be from volcanic rock. Sheila Dash

Schuyler Sallaway 9/24/09 Creation Story

//"...I see this monster every night in my dreams. It comes to me over and over, haunts me. Its like I'm running away from it, but it always catches up to me. Maybe it's trying to tell me something, maybe it's just trying to kill me, either way its such a frightening dream. Mother says a girl of my age shouldnt be dreaming of this kind of thing, that I should be dreaming of "nice" things. What are thses "nice" things she speaks about. My father knows nothing about this monster I describe either. This blue, green haired monster yeilding some sort of weapon; with feet that look like claws, and hands too. His head is almost always tilted back, as he runs after me with his weapon in the air and the other arm out reaching for me. So i paint this beast who haunts my dreams, and display it in our home. Mother doesn't like it. Father doesn't care for it either, but Grandfather took one look at it and sat me down. He told me a story of a beast long, long ago, way before his time, who when it got "hungry," he would eat. Take unsuspecting children and citizens out from their beds whilst they were in a deep sleep..."//

I wrote this in first person as a little girl terrorized by a reoccuring dream...

-Schuyler I really like your story and how it brings the past into the present. Nice! Sheila Dash

i picked the dragon stone statue
 * __Amber Webster__**
 * //Elssa Bee was a witch who owned a pet dragon named Trigerie. She was a evil witch and would send out Trigerie to steel little kids from their home, while they were sleeping. Elssa Bee did this to use the young childrens blood to drink. She drank their blood because she thought the young blood kept her alive so she would live forever. One by one, every night the little kids would dissapear. nobody knew Elssa Bee because she lived in the woods by herself. parents soon caught up to what Elssa Bee was doing with their kids. The parents tracked her down and burned the witch and her ugly pet who stole their kids. Before she lit them on fire, Elssa Bee said" I'll be back, just wait and see!" To this day she haunt the little kids dreams. Elssa Bee and Trigerie by her side. the end//**

Linda King
I chose to write about the jade mask. It was a most appealing mask to me because jade is held of high value. This mask was made from the native people of Spanish origin. The mask was made for a member of royalty, for a prince who was born with facial defects and the father decided to make this mask for him to protect him. The young man could wear the mask whenever he wanted, and he usually chose to wear it when public events were being held that he had to attend. He did not want for people to see his face, being that the mask was made of jade and that he was a prince, people held him with the highest respect. Nobody ever questioned or bothered him to take it off or to see his face. The King made this mask especially for his son because he did not want him to isolate himself any longer. While the King was making the mask for his son he put good thoughts and powerful words into the mask. This made the mask become healing to the prince, and the more the prince wore the mask, it began to heal his deformities.Finally, one day at a public event the prince removed the mask in front of the whole village and his deformities were gone and he was a handsome young prince.

Art 100**
 * Carol Bogda

//This temple is sacred to our gods and our gods require human sacrifices, we will search the forest for unworthy humans who will please our gods. They will sacrifice there head as an offering and then the gods will be generous to us the Mayan Indians. //