... Supreme Being. They seek to live in harmony with nature. For example, hunting was only done when needed, and then every part of the animal was used. The hunter prayed before the kill, because "the hunter saw the animal as a fellow creature". The Native Americans are also prayerful toward the soil, plants, and trees. Planting and harvesting are done with rituals and ... and Americans treat their departed differently but with great respect. The Native Americans were afraid of the dead because they feared that they would stay around the house, cause bad dreams, and even take its former fam...

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... , which were originally shaped for group singing, expressed a double meaning. They reflected the slave's daily life experiences on the plantation, such as their sorrows, troubles, weariness, hopes of release, and dreams. The spirituals were also coded antislavery messages. Master's believed that the slaves were just engaging in their usual "sorrow songs", thus they allowed the singing not knowing that the spirituals ... biblical content. African American folktales have influence from both African and Euro-American folktales. The primary focus of African American folktales was animals. Mo...

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