Arapaho Nature and Spirituality worksheet
Explore http://www.colorado.edu/csilw/arapahoproject/nature.index.html to answer the following questions.
Note: Scenes are numbers from the top of the navigation bar on the left side of the Web site bar down.
Scene 1
1. How did the skunk beat the beat for possession of the road?
2. The bark of what tree can be used like aspirin?
3. In the myth of the origin of the Flat Pipe, how many times did the geese drink from the fresh water hole?
4. What is the Arapaho word for sweet grass?
5. Otter skin was used for making wraps for ______?
Scene 2
1. What berries are connected to the myth of the Thunderbird?
2. The bear paw icon is associated with what mythological figure?
3. Which animal is associated with women and romantic desire in Arapaho mythology?
4. Can cottonwood inner bark be eaten if necessary?
5. What plant is the falcon sitting in?
6. Who is the kind of the birds?
7. The sap of what tree can be chewed like gum?
Scene 3
1. What is "smudging"?
2. True or false: Rabbits are considered peaceful, dangerous and angry.
3. What does ceneeteenibino' mean in English?
4. The roots of wild rose can be made to make what color dye?
5. What type of bear lives in forests?
6. Owl feathers are often used in what ceremonial dance?
7. The Arapaho search for fir branches that are ______and ______.
Scene 4
1. What plant is used to treat colds, congestion, coughs and sore throats?
2. True or false: The Arapaho believe the badger is the possessor of all medicinal roots.
3. What is the Arapaho word for ponderosa pine?
4. Crow feathers are widely used in what two ceremonial dances?
5. Where do Arapaho people put sagebrush to avoid seeing ghosts while sleeping?
6. Who did the coyote rescue and lead to safety?
Scene 5
1. What is the most common grass on the Western plains?
2. What is the Arapaho word for the yarrow plant?
3. True of false: The Arapaho would never kill a snake to treat a snake bite.
4. What plant’s leaves were used for tattooing?
5. An amulet of an antelope horn is believed to give a child what qualities?
6. What does the turtle’s shell represent?
7. What was the seventh animal to give itself to the Arapaho?
Scene 6
1. What are bone whistles, used to imitate an eagle's call, made of?
2. What is the most important berry to the Arapaho?
3. How many women were in the Arapaho Quillwork Society?
4. True or false: Currant berries are poisonous if eaten fresh.
Answers
Scene 1
1. The skunk sprayed the bear and chased him away.
2. willow
3. four
4. ni'óxu
5. braids
Scene 2
1. hawthorn
2. Whirlwind Woman
3. deer
4. yes
5. wild plum
6. falcon
7. Ponderosa pine
Scene 3
1. Grinding pine needles as ceremonial incense.
2. False. Rabbits are considered peaceful, pure and innocent.
3. Blueberry
4. Orange
5. Black bear
6. The Ghost Dance
7. brown and infected with fungus
Scene 4
1. Juniper
2. True
3. Hisee3
4. The Crow Dance and the Ghost Dance
5. In their pillows
6. Friday, a 19th century chief and leader
Scene 5
1. Buffalo grass
2. no’outihii
3. False. The Arapahoe believed cutting off a snake’s head, powdering it, and mixing it with pepper and medicinal root would help treat a snakebite.
4. Yucca
5. It would make a child grow up fast and learn to walk quickly.
6. Mountains and rivers
7. The buffalo
Scene 6
1. The hollow wing bone of an eagle.
2. Chokecherry
3. Seven
4. False. The Arapaho often ate fresh currants.