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1. Like all Native American tribes, the Choctaw have an oral storytelling tradition going back generations.
Their stories are intended to preserve the tribe's history and educate the young. For example, the Choctaw
oral tradition includes two stories about how the tribe came to be.
2. Native Hawaiian storytellers know a lot about history and genealogy, which is the study of a person or
family's family tree. They are honored members of society. However, Hawaiian storytelling isn't only
words. It also uses mele (song), oli (chant), and hula (dance).
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3. In many parts of Africa, the village comes together around a central fire after dinner to listen to the
storyteller. Like in other cultures, the role of the storyteller is to entertain and educate. Griots have been a
part of western African culture for generations. Griots could be storytellers, counselors to kings, or
traveling singers called troubadours. They worked as storytellers, genealogists, historians, government
representatives, and more.