Across
- 1. Species into which the Creator transformed the first humans to emerge onto the Great Plains, on account of their disobedience
- 4. Creature who tempted the humans in the spirit realm with buckskin, berries, and meat, following the orders of the spirits Iktomi and Anog-Ite
- 5. Name of the site where Hopi people came together to share knowledge and beliefs after they saw a bright light in the sky
- 6. The family relationship between the third-generation Onondaga descendants of the being who fell to earth, one of whom became associated with day while the other became associated with night
- 8. Creature who provided a surface to live on for the being who fell to earth and her Onondaga descendants
- 11. Lakota human who did not go to the earth early, but rather followed the Creator’s instructions and only led humans onto earth when it was deemed ready
- 12. Creatures who helped carry the being who fell to earth to a soft landing in the Onondaga creation story
- 13. Design or insignia that Hopi people used to mark the landscape as they searched for a place to settle on the earth
- 14. Site where humans emerged onto the earth according to the Lakota creation story (two words; no space between words)
- 15. Objects from which the Clatsop-Nalelem and neighboring tribes emerged from, after being tossed down the mountain by the giant woman
Down
- 2. Being who fell to earth and bore a lineage of humans, according to the Onondaga creation story (two words; no space between words)
- 3. Name of the higher power, who was initially a whale, from whom Clatsop-Nahelem people claim descent
- 7. The place that Hopi people sought to find in their sacred quest after emerging from below the ground (two words; no space between words)
- 9. Tool the giant woman told Old Man South Wind to use to butcher a whale in the Clatsop-Nalelem creation story
- 10. Name of the Hopi caretaker of the earth
- 16. Creature that is butchered to this day following the method dictated by the giant woman, to ensure that it continues to be available in the future
