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  1. Sep 2018
    1. various categories of listener

      Well yeah, everyone does tend to have different opinions, especially when considering a grandmother to a grandchild or even parent

    2. penetrate

      We kinda can't honestly. I suppose we could attempt to put ourselves in that same spot, but then we'll get stuck in most endings..Just like every time travel movie

    3. it should come as no surprise that Mohawks steadfastly remained Mohawks, that Aleuts did not become Chickasaws, that Hopis persisted as Hopis, and that all regarded the suggestion that they do otherwise as a lunacy to be politely ignored

      Well yeah..How DARE they become like something or someone else..ha ha

    4. were hosted and fed and sheltered and studied

      Which they (Native Americans) really didn't have to do that, but they also benefited from it as can be seen by saying they "studied" them.

    5. Native Americans, quite familiar and at ease with the realities of cultural pluralism, were in a sense pre-adapted to regard the sudden appearance of "new" people with equanimity

      If it is seen to be as easy for Native Americans, why couldn't it be as simple for those coming in as "new peoples" who saw the Native Americans as new instead. When in reality, it was they who were new and foreign but were accepted naturally

    6. rdered their lives in ways altogether different than might be found in his or her home c

      Isn't that what always happens when looking into discovery or creation? There almost has to be some kind of boundary

    7. Families

      Similar to distinguishing who is who when looking at defining "American" or "American-ness", because of how many different peoples there were; that similarly spoke different languages and got pushed together in a sense

    8. ns of people. They tend to re- flect aspects of a shared consciousness, an inherently identifiable world-view, a col- lective understanding of custom, language, an

      Very similar to "American", said once in the other readings

    9. hand, there is no such thing as "Native American litera- ture," though it may yet, someday, come into

      I don't believe that to be true at all, unless as commented before Dorris is talking about canonically

    1. They paid no attention to him, and the young men of the tribe to whom he repeated the story laughed in his face.

      After all that hard work to prove them wrong

    2. The message was taken to the Red Head, who immediately crossed the lake in his canoe. As it neared the shore White Hawk saw that its framework was of live rattlesnakes, who thrust out their heads and hissed and rattled as he stepped into the boat. The Red Head spoke to them and they quieted down, as dogs at the word of their master.

      Are the snakes for decoration or for intimidation? Both perhaps for such a man as he

    3. supposing him to be a woman, would come over in their canoes, and each would wish to make her his wife.

      Ahh, so benefiting White Hawk and not the witch, that puts it at ease a little

    4. but you are the only one who has set out to do it."

      Likes his determination? Why she's willing to help him possibly..Or to end up killing him and Red Head in the end

    5. made entirely of women's scalps.

      I agree with the unique description, but I suppose it is 'required' for such when describing a witch that would scare off just about anyone.

    6. He did not know which way to go, so as soon as it was light he shot an arrow into the air and followed the direction of its flight.

      Interesting way to find the correct direction, does it have any possible way to be genuine?

    7. go to the river after dark will never kill the Red Head." Now, it was the ambition of every Indian boy to kill the Red Head.

      Shaming the heck out of him then, he should know by then it means something to them (his parents)

    8. They did not, like many of their tribe, return from the wintering grounds to feast and be idle; but built themselves a lodge in the forest, where they laid store for the future.

      Did they do this on purpose? Less likely to be around others for some reason