Why the Leaves Change Color (Rebroadcast)

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🗓️ 20 October 2017

⏱️ 12 minutes

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This week we bring you the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Native American) story on why the leaves change color in the autumn. This beautiful story has been passed down through the oral tradition and we've interviewed multiple Haudenosaunee storytellers to bring you the same version members of the Haudenosaunee heard as children. Support the show at Patreon.com/stories!

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members!
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0:07.2	Hello!
0:08.2	Welcome to Stories Podcast.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Amanda Weldon.
0:12.3	Today, we're re-releasing a fall time story called Why the Leaves Change Color.
0:18.2	This story comes from the Native American oral tradition of the Haudenosaunee, who some
0:23.0	people call the Iroquois.
0:25.0	About a year ago, Dan interviewed the great Mohawk storyteller Kay O'Lan to get all the
0:30.7	details right and be sure that our adaptation would capture the original spirit of this
0:35.5	story and culture and represent them faithfully and respectfully.
0:39.6	Here's some of what we learned.
0:41.4	The Haudenosaunee is a United Nations consisting of several separate nations.
0:46.6	The first five nations were the Mohawk, the Onida, the Onindaga, the Cayuga, and the
0:53.0	Senica.
0:54.0	The Tusc Aurora joined the other five in the 1700s, so today there's a total of six nations
0:59.4	within the United Nation of the Haudenosaunee.
1:02.8	The word Haudenosaunee translates to people who build the longhouse or the people of the
1:08.2	longhouse.
1:09.7	This name speaks to the unity among the six nations of the Haudenosaunee.
1:14.6	If you're interested in learning more, you should do some research into the rich, history,
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