Origin myths were crazy stories told mostly by Native Americans. You can tell The Native Americans had many human traits or characteristics because these stories were strongly based on nature and the sprits they believed in that lived in nature.  Because in the myths they told the animals and plants played a major role in forming the world.  So there religions and ceremonies always worshiped god or animals of the forrest or things that are in nature.  That's why they have always loved, honored, and respected all the things in the environment.

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We'll if a person has to live off the nature then you should have earned a respect for it.  Native American societies had a lot of respect for the plants and animals they killed or harvested. They all the meat from the animals they killed and even used their bones for tools.  The places where they lived did not harm or hurt the environment like the modern ways of living do.  Their spiritual relationships also included the nature in many ways. They have names like running bull,  howling wolf, or the flying eagle. All nature based names because their entire life revolved around nature.