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Milwaukee Public Museum: Indian Country: Oral Tradition

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The Milwaukee Public Museum provides this introduction to the Native American oral tradition and oral literature of the Great Lakes region. Describes common themes and characters, including trickster characters and windingo (ice monster). Also provides a discussion of storytelling. Includes several traditional stories of the Wisconsin Ojibwa people.

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oral history, storytelling, trickster tales, native americans, oral tradition
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creation of the world, folklore, the great lakes spirit world, underwater monsters, wenebojo and the wolves, windigo stories, american indians, great lakes indians, milwaukee public museum: indian country: oral tradition, ojibwa, wisconsin ojibwa, myth
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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