Hello world! I am inaugurating my new website which will have migrated into it my old website-First Peoples On the Land Southern California. This site will continue along that theme but will include a focus on my writing
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Havasupai Creation Story–The Havasupai Live in Part of the Grand Canyon
Havasupai creation story adapted from the telling of CL Smithson and RC Euler The people who lived under the earth. There was no sun and a few families live near a pool of water. Two brothers were leaders. One of them planted a grapeseed and the grapevine went straight up. The people climbed a number … Continue reading Havasupai Creation Story–The Havasupai Live in Part of the Grand Canyon
Earth Diver Creation from South Central California
Earth Diver creation stories from South Central California. Folklorist Alan Dundes thinks the Earth Diver story is a case of male pregnancy envy. Kawaiisu creation adapted after the telling of Maurice Zygmond Originally there was water all over the world. The animals lived in the sky. Coyotes sent them down to get dirt from the … Continue reading Earth Diver Creation from South Central California
Walapai Creation Stories
Walapai Creation Story Adapted from the telling of Alfred Kroeber In the old days was Wikame, the only land in the world of water. There was Matavila who decided to create people. He cut cane in the water, one piece for each nation of people. He prayed over them, they came to life and the … Continue reading Walapai Creation Stories
