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Peer reviewedEvers, Larry – American Indian Quarterly, 1979
Silko demonstrates that writing "American Indian" and being "American Indian" is a matter of process rather than ethnographic and historical fact. Members of American Indian communities are shaped by the telling of stories and shape others by telling stories. To write "American Indian" is to tell stories of belonging.…
Descriptors: American Indian Literature, American Indians, Cultural Activities, Cultural Background
Doermann, Elisabeth – Roots, 1979
Using bits and pieces of the past such as charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, stone spearpoints and arrowheads, and shell or copper ornaments, the archaeologist tries to put together the story of early Indian people in the Minnesota region. A short story, one of eight articles, re-creates the kill of an Itasca bison…
Descriptors: American Indians, Archaeology, Cultural Activities, Cultural Background
Peer reviewedMitchell, Carol – American Indian Quarterly, 1979
Myth and ritual, the basis of the Ceremony, are crucial to Tayo's reidentification with nature. Traditional Laguna stories parallel Tayo's story and provide continuity between ancient ritual and Tayo's own on-going ceremony. Ritual is vital to Tayo's cure. (CM)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, American Indians
