American Literature / Unit 3 AML 0207 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Glooskap and the Wabanaki Hero
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The idea
The Passamaquoddy tell of Glooskap, a hero who called every animal with a pipe, whose adventures the witness prints from Leland's collection of eighteen eighty-four. In the tale given, Glooskap goes to England and France and makes America known to the Europeans.
In practice
A hero who found Europe first.
Where people slip
The claim reverses the discovery story on purpose.
Your place on the trail
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