Tribal Origins and Homelands Penobscotmeaning Rockland or It Flows on the Rocks Referred to a waterfall near their village of Old Town Maine Descendants of Algonquian tribe Tribal Background ID: 678627
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The Penobscot Tribe
The Corn MotherSlide2
Tribal Origins and Homelands
Penobscot—meaning Rockland or It Flows on the RocksReferred to a waterfall near their village of Old Town, Maine.
Descendants of Algonquian tribeSlide3
Tribal Background
Penobscot Tribe made canoes, fishnets, and intricate beading and quill workHad a reputation for peacefulness and hospitalitySlide4
The Corn MotherSlide5Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9Slide10Slide11Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17Slide18Slide19Slide20
Comparing Across Cultures
Story of JesusLast supperEat
this bread. It is my body. Drink this wine. It is my
blood.
Crucifixion
and
death
Resurrection
from the dead after 3 daysSlide21
Similarities and Differences
Both the Penobscot Tribe and the Jews were in need of a savior.
Penobscot
tribe
was dying
from starvation. The Jews were dying under the control of the Roman Empire.
Both the Corn Mother and Jesus understood their own lives would have to be sacrificed to save the people.
The
Corn Mother is killed by her reluctant husband and her body is dragged across the earth by her sons. Jesus is killed by his own people’s choice. Slide22
Similarities and Differences
The Corn Mother and Jesus both encourage their followers to eat of their flesh—through the symbols of corn and bread
.
After Jesus death, he rises from the grave, body intact. The Corn Mother does not rise from the grave, but corn and tobacco rise from the place where her flesh was torn and her bones were buried.
Out of Corn Mother’s bones grow the tobacco plant, which her spirit instructs is sacred. The only possible parallel to this from the story of Jesus is the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples. Slide23
Similarities and Differences
Both stories instruct the people to remember sacrifice made every time they eat. Both stories maintain that the hero is not dead, but alive in the people.
Both stories maintain that the hero died because of how much he/she loved the people. Slide24
Purposes of Native American Lit?
Practical lesson?Conserving seeds to plant for the next seasonCorn growing cycle of 7 moons (months)
Moral lesson
Sometimes, self sacrifice for the good of your people is essential to survival.Slide25
Purposes of Native American Lit?
Explanation of a Natural phenomenon?Origin of tobacco and corn
Origin
of people on earth
Preservation of Tribal Culture
Belief in a
god-like mentor for humanity,
Kloskurbeh
People of the earth came from First Nephew and First MotherThere is something even more powerful than the creator—the Great Mystery Above—that sends the First Mother to Kloskurbeh
and the First NephewBalance between humanity and natureHumans are starving because they have over populated the earth and over hunted the animalsFirst Mother tells people to save corn seeds to replant next year so that people will never starve again.