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Discussion 6-7 Readings
Read Native American Literature Perspective from the Readings folder (the entire 10 page document), “American Horse,” “A Man to Send Rain Clouds,” and “The Future of Native American Literature,” from the Readings folder.
Discussion 6
After reading the following from the Native American Literature Perspective document:
Writing to Bridge the Mixed-Blood Divide: An American Indian Perspective
Simple Memories as Poems
The Toughest Indian in the World
Teaching the Art of Being Human: Ancient Indigenous Storytelling Thrives
Blackfeet Troubadour Sings Traditions
Respond with your reflections to these readings as a whole in five paragraphs total. Your reflection can include your thoughts while reading, a quote or two that stuck out to you, an interesting concept or idea, any questions you have, or your relation or non-relation to anything that was said. This exercise is to get you thinking about what you are reading and to go beyond a superficial relationship to the words on the page. This will be a helpful habit when you write your essays and need to analyze. Please also use examples and quotes from the text.
Discussion 7
After reading the short stories, American Horse by Louise Erdrich and The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko, respond to the theme in both of the modern-day friction between Native Americans and Western culture. What is the main conflict in both? What tools do the authors use to showcase this conflict?
In “The Future of Native American Literature,” Native American author John Smelcer describes how his father was taken from his family and shipped to a boarding school, where he was taught to discard all things Indian. Today, he is socially more distant from his heritage than his brothers and sisters who were not relocated by the government (136). It is obvious by now that these two fictional Native American stories by Erdrich and Silko are based off non-fictional concerns. How else are these stories involved with the third wave of multiculturalism outlined in this essay?
Respond to BOTH questions 1 and 2 in 3 full paragraphs total, using examples and quotes from the text. In order to analyze and to avoid summary, locate literary devices and themes in the work. There are plenty present in these stories.
American horse: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uwm5457ssrs7zbr/AACXnnFa48oeVa1RkzUSiYoxa?dl=0&preview=American+Horse.pdf
A man to send rain clouds: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uwm5457ssrs7zbr/AACXnnFa48oeVa1RkzUSiYoxa?dl=0&preview=The+Man+to+Send+Rain+Clouds.pdf
The furture of the native American Indian perspective: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uwm5457ssrs7zbr/AACXnnFa48oeVa1RkzUSiYoxa?dl=0&preview=The+Future+of+Native+American+Literature.pdf
