Question

Native American stories and songs were passed down from generation to generation by ?
-word of mouth
-written scrolls
-spiritual transference
-all of the above

Answer 1

word of mouth

Answer 2

yeah... word of mouth

Answer 3

It's actually all of the above.

Answer 4

its word of mouth.... i am native american and its only by word of mouth. we dont write scrolls about the stories... we just remember what we were told.:)

Answer 5

"Wiigwaasabak - are birch bark scrolls, on which the Ojibwa (Anishinaabe) people of North America wrote complex geometrical patterns and shapes. When used specifically for Midewiwin ceremonial use, these scrolls are called mide-wiigwaas. These writings enabled the memorization of complex ideas, and passing along history and stories to succeeding generations. Several such scrolls are in museums, including one on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. One recent study of a few scrolls details the complex math and memorizing scheme associated with the symbols that were used long ago."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiigwaasabak

Answer 6

Everybody knows their stories and songs were passed down through wikipedia.

Answer 7

boids, how are you helping?? You have commented on several questions, but have yet to give a decent answer.
Look it up. Native Americans did use scrolls to pass their history along to the next generation.

Answer 8

How am I helping? I call it humor, it stimulates thought and helps release serotonin, I recommend you try it sometimes.

If you find my comment funny, you can laugh which in turn would also release endorphins in your brain which is a cheaper and better high than drugs. If you do not find it funny, you can ignore it.

Now, you say that I am yet to give a decent answer, which for me is a pretentious, patronizing and moralistic comment on your part.

For example to the question "Can common sense be trusted and accepted, or should it be question?", I answer "Common sense is what is called a rule of thumb. It is something that works most of the times, as any generalization made by a human being.(...)It's usefulness lies in the fact that common sense can be used when the circumstances do not allow you enough time to make a more precise decision. It is a "rough decision" not unlike quickly moving away from loud noises, which is one of the most primitive known forms of "common sense". (...) So a better way to answer would be to formulate a law that would allow more flexibility within the binary trust/question universe, "whenever you can afford it and the decision is worth it, question common sense, whenever you can't or if it is not worth it, just trust common sense". "

Is that in-decent in any way? Does it not answer the question?

If I allowed myself to make a humorous remark it was just because THIS particular question seemed already solved and answered. DID ANYONE GET REALLY MISDIRECTED BY MY JOKE? I do not think so.

Maybe my comment to your answer on semicolons offended you? How dare I use the language in playful ways! How dare I not be serious at all times! I am such a disrespectful wingspan...

I don't know, I guess it's my personality...

Now if you did not understand my answer on the semicolon question (which was, in fact, serious), it might just mean that you do not have as much familiarity with linguistics as I do or that you did not understand what I said because it was ambiguous and obscure... which is kind of normal as I didn't expect a lot of people to get it.

It is true that my comment does not answer the question directly on "what is the correct use of semicolons" but I just propose a creative way of using them, which I thought someone might find interesting, witty or funny.

In any case, thank you for your comment, I know you did it with the best intentions.

Answer 9

Wow. Defensive much?

Answer 10

Also, the correct answer would be "Native American stories and songs were passed down from generation to generation by ?" -Native Americans!

It is a trick question, don't let them fool you!

Answer 11

((smh)) You got me there.

Answer 12

"smh" = "scratching my head"? I do tend to awe people.

Answer 13

"Shaking my head." LOL

Answer 14

(:

Answer 15

wow! you cant believe everything on wikipedia because people are the ones who change the facts.. i could even write on wikipedia thats why that site is not used in schools.. cause its false info 1/2 the time.....

Answer 16

Seriously? Can't you do some research of your own?

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ojibwa
"They are known for their birch bark canoes, sacred birch bark scrolls, the use of cowrie shells, wild rice, copper points. Their Midewiwin Society is well respected as the keeper of detailed and complex scrolls of events, history, songs, maps, memories, stories, geometry, and mathematics."