The Chelaan Indian Creation Story Summary

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Creation stories tell of how the world was created based on the Indians. In my home state of Washington State, Makah Indians told the story of the-Two-Men-Who-Changed-Things creation story. Chelan Indians told the story of a Great Chief above that created the Indians. Both have different cultural backgrounds and live in different places in Washington. The Chelan Indian Creation story written by Walker is a Creation story told by Chelan Indians. The Chelan Indians also had a creation story about how the Great Chief above created the Indians. The Great Chief had created he made the animals and the birds and gave them their names. Then the creator left after his work was done, and after 12 moonlights he came back and the animals complained

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