1. Leslie Marmon Silko …and her elements of storytelling.

2. Early Life born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1948 mix of Laguna Pueblo, Mexican, and White ancestry grew up west of Central New Mexico attended a Catholic school in Albuquerque received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of New Mexico. taught creative writing and oral tradition for the English department at the University.

3. Important aspects of life Struggled with being a mixed blood was awarded with the National Endowment for the Humanities Discovery Grant while in college

4. The Man to Send Rain Clouds

5. Native American Heritage The Spaniards founded a mission in Old Laguna, New Mexico early in the 18th century, but old Laguna had been formed centuries earlier by cattle-keeping Pueblos, successfully repelling raids by the Navajos and the Apaches.

6. Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images, and sounds often by improvisation or embellishment.

8. Why is storytelling important? Native American storytelling is an important part of their lives because they tell stories to keep their customs alive. People, weavings, paintings, dances, and carvings all tell stories.

9. Native American Characteristics The name Silva Horseback riding Ka’tsina spirit Apricot Adobes

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