all-inclusive (embraces all creation, time): see creation story
woman-centered: Thought woman=creator=storyteller (also called Spider Woman)
story and communication more important than language (language is story)
connected to place and story
emergence story
spider's web of relations: tribe, clans, families, individuals
separation endangers group and individual
connected to other colonized peoples (conqueror's language imposed upon)
connected to geographical place by stories (not relocated)
life as journey (adapt to survive)