IAH 221C Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Urban Indian, Native American Identity In The United States, Pow Wow
24 Feb 2020
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Tommy orange"s novel, there there, explores the twenty-first century reality of native. The novel is comprised of several separate narrations following the characters who eventually attend a powwow in the urban setting of oakland, The literary term setting is made up of the geographical location, historical time period, and social milieu of the literary work. In this urban setting, the narrations include backstories that reveal the characters" complex relationships to their native american backgrounds and to each other. Through technology, it is shown how many of these urban. Indian characters" pasts are connected to the historical trauma suffered by native americans and how events in their lives may have led them to the choices they make. Overall, by examining why orvil can"t tell his story in part iv the powwow , we can see the struggle to connect to his. Urban indian identity and how the performance of historical trauma works in there there.
