Americans love to say something is "based on an old Native American Story" but often this is nothing but nonsense. Or it's so far from the story that that saying there is a connection is insulting.
Building culture and mythology takes time. It can't be rushed along. The stories will come, they will grow, and help us to make sense of the violence of nature.
But, and this is my spicy theory: people are vulnerable when they don't have stories.
futurebird