ENGLISH 2RW6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: The White People

• School: McMaster University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGLISH 2RW6
• Professor: Grace Kehler

Document Summary

Phd on oral and written indigenous literatures from u of utah. Moved to canada in 1980 and began writing fiction. Writer of stories, novels, radio drama, humour and academic criticism. There is a tendency of nobility if the savages can be of help (cid:498)the truth about stories is that that"s all we are(cid:499) (cid:523)qtd in deerchild 237) The inconvenient indian (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:883)(cid:884)(cid:524): (cid:498)north american popular culture is littered with savage, noble and dying )ndians(cid:499) (cid:498)dead breed(cid:499), (cid:498)dead culture(cid:499) (cid:523)deerchild (cid:884)4(cid:882)(cid:524) Storytelling as a way of enacting decolonization of lives and minds. To live in a state of naturalness-> being one with the land. Europeans made paintings of the indians who were not attracted to possessions-> na ve nobility (cid:498)savage noble(cid:499) (cid:498)dying )ndian(cid:499) They are the centre of culture inspiration-> but are socially pushed aside. They are symbols and artifacts (set up to be looked at)-> not something to be dealt with now.