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Nabakov Ch 9 Reading Guide1. Name the 2 mountain ranges and 2 rivers that are the boundaries of the Columbia Plateau.
2. What was Coyote’s role in creating the landscape in the Plateau area?
3. Who was Lasso Stass?
4. According to Plateau Indian beliefs where are portals to the spirit world located?
5. At what age do Plateau youth start vision questing and when do they stop?
6. Who was Smohalla?
7. What is the Washani Faith?
8. The 19 dams that were built in the last twenty years in the Plateau cultural area wiped out what? (There are 2 answers)
9. Why was the Kootenai Falls dam not built?
10. Describe each of these 4 levels of sacred geology for Plateau natives:
a. localized spirits level
b. Smohalla and the Dreamers level
c. Creator and Mother Earth level
d. Plateau sacred sites and sites of the world’s religions level
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