Along the Robeson Trail
By Dr. Stan Knick, Director-UNCP Native American Resource Center
hollowing the recent appearance of
the Trickster in Pembroke, we have
been looking further into the history
and nature of this delightful,
instructive and mischievous
character. One of the Trickster's
lessons which comes up repeatedly in
various cultures is that everything has
its own place, its own way.
We are taught by the Trickster's
tales that each animal, and by
extension, each human being, has
particular talents and abilities which
set it/him/her apart from all the others.
This is an important lesson for all of
us, because it helps us accept the
natural world for what it is. The
following version of a J icarilla Apache
legend about Coyote and Mountain
Lion illustrates the point.
One day Coyote was walking
along and he saw a big rock rolling
down a bill. It rolled and rolled and
came down near where some deer
were standing, and they were surprised
by it so much that they jumped straight
up. Coyote wondered about the rock,
and about who was up on top of the hill
rolling rocks down.
Just then another rock came
rolling by Coyote, and went on down
the hill to where the deer were
standing. But this time the deer only
jumped a little. Soon a third rock
rolled past Coyote and down to the
deer, but the deer barely noticed it this
time because they realized that it was
just another rolling rock.
Right after that, another rock
came rolling by Coyote, but this time
it rolled very quietly, as though it were
a soft rock. Coyote thought how
strange this was ? a rock that rolled
silently down a hill. Then he realized
that it was Mountain Lion, curled up
into a ball, pretending to be just
another rock rolling down the hill.
Mountain Lion rolled directly in
among the deer, but they paid no
attention because they thought it was
just another rock. Mountain Lion
jumped up, grabbed a big deer and
carried it off in his mouth to a place
where he could eat it in peace. Of
course the rest of the deer ran off in the
other direction.
Coyote thought to himself: "I
could do that! That would be a good
way to catch a deer for supper."
So be found a bill where some
deer were standing around on the slope,
and he went up to the top to find some
rocks. He rolled one down, and the
deer jumped. He rolled another one
down and the deer didn't jump as
much. After he rolled another rock
down, and the deer barely noticed it,
Coyote thought it was time for him to
imitate Mountain Lion.
So he rolled himself into a ball
like Mountain Lion had done, and
rolled himself down the hill. He rolled
and rolled and bumped and thumped
down the hill, which suddenly seemed
a much bigger hill than before. When
he got down to where the deer were
standing, he jumped up to try and
catch a deer, but he was so dizzy from
rolling down the hill that he
immediately fell over. He couldn't
catch any supper that way, and the
deer escaped.
In this Apache legend, the
Trickster (in this example, he was
posing as Coyote) learned lhathe could
not do the same things a mountain lion
can do. He learned that he would have
to find his own way to get supper.
As the Trickster learns bis
lesson, be teaches it to us. And it is a
lesson as old as the earth, this Turtle
Island on which we walk: each
creature has its own way, just as each
flower finds its own way to the sun,
And even though the Trickster's
lessons are usually humorous and
entertaining, they are vital lessons.
They are lessons which served well
the members of the Native American
cultures which bore them. This
particular lesson is valuable because
it teaches us to appreciate every
living being for what it is, on its own
terms.
But it is also valuable because
through it we can see that every being,
every part of the universe, this
Creation, has something important to
teach us. In fact, in most Native
American origin myths, the animals
and plants were here first, and thus
they are teachers and guiding spirits
for the human beings.
The Trickster, clown that he is, is
also a teacher. And he is still here, in
many forms, in this and all Native
American communities.
For more information about the
Trickster and his tribal and
international adventures, visit the
Native American Resource Center in
historic Old Main Building, on the
campus of The University of North
Carolina at Pembroke (our Internet
address is www.uncp.edu/
nativemuseum).
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