The primary purpose of storytelling was to teach their young ones about their surroundings and how everything came to be. It served in society as way to teach the young ones what to be aware of and to pass down their cultures. An example of this is in many Native stories from the pre contact era. In the story of the (Iroque Story myth), it gave us an example how it taught people how the world came to be. Another example of this is in the story of Coyote and the Origin of Death. In that story, it explained to us why people do not come back from the dead and why coyotes tend to lonely and very cautious. Throughout time, the indigenous people used storytelling as a way to pass on their culture and a way to teach their people about their people
