... legends, tales, and lyrics all were passed down through an oral history. As can be expected a very diverse culture was found. These tribes maintained their own religions, worshipping gods, animals, plants or sacred persons. They employed a system of government that ranged from democracies to councils of elder to theocracies. The stories that ... as well as a physical mother. Nature is alive and endowed with spiritual forces; main characters may be animal or plants. This brought to life in Native America Voices; the story "How the World Began" tells us how the world was stared as seen in ...

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