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They told them for entertainment, but also as a way of passing down their history and mythology. People listened as children, learned the stories word for word and repeated them to new generations.

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Most American Indian groups did not have a written language. Therefore,people developed oral, or spoken traditions to help pass the groups folklore from generation to generation.

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