AMS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Rainy Mountain, Decision-Making, Oral Storytelling
21 Oct 2017
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Literary analysis from indigenous perspective- what an indigenous person thinks we should take away. Starts with description of how land was created- animals live in sky and beetle came down and all worked together to turn mud into land. He states how he"s heard this story many times. This is an explanatory model for indigenous cultural expressions. Survival- to preserve traditions, shared experience of colonialism. Self-sacrifice in order for entire group to contribute. Even weakest part of whole has something of value. Identifies by tribal affiliation (first link of identification) All are interactive from indigenous perspective in telling story. Western culture privileges graphic since we value what is written down.
