1. Native Americans have a strong connection to the natural world which can be seen in their various stories of Earth's creation. Describe some of the references the Salinan and Cherokee Creation stories provide to the natural world.

Native Americans said that the nature was very important. They said that nature was was same as ourselves.

Explanation

According to the Native Americans, one of the most important quotes was "We are the land". Here we stands for the people who belong to the community of the Native American.

According to them, in real sense the Earth is same as our won selves. The land according to them was a part of our being, significant real and was not merely a means of survival. They were great nature lovers.