Native American Culture And Environment

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Native American culture is studied in respect to the indigenous cultures who are explorers for their cultural and literary influence throughout the years. It is important to understand the culture, history and their relationship with human beings and natural world. Even the first Native American literary texts existed orally and they link the earth living people with the plants and animals, the rivers and rocks, and all things considered substantial in the life. Oak, maple, pine, cedar, fir, corn, squash, berries and roots are viewed as heredities. The animals and plants participated in a history before and after the arrival of humans and this history was kept through the verbal word. There was a comparable relationship with the environmental

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