Question

Highlight details that reveal family relationships among the Haida. Raven crept into the chief's dwelling. He appeared as a baby, with raven hair and black eyes. The chief's daughter adopted the child, never knowing that he was in fact Raven the trickster. The daughter loved the child, but soon the baby began to cry. The Sky Chief did whatever he could to comfort his new grandson, but the baby was inconsolable. Finally, to appease the child, he gave him a small box to play with. —"The Raven and the First Men: The Beginnings of the Haida" What inference about Haida families can be drawn from the actions of the Sky Chief?

Answer 1

The inference about Haida families that can be drawn from given instance is that families were close, and grandparents lived in the same house or nearby.

Step-by-step explanation:

'The Raven and the First Men: The Beginnings of the Haida' is a creation mythology according to Natives of Pacific Northwest Coast. In the story, a Raven takes the form of a human baby and was adopted by a Sky Chief's little girl.

From the given excerpt, one can infer about Haida families that they lived nearby each other or in the same houses. The Haida families were close to each other as evident in the case of the Sky Chief, grandfather of the 'baby' residing in the same house.

Therefore, the correct answer is that tha Haida families were close to each other and grandparents lived either in the same house as their children or to nearby place.