Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)

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Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)

Benjamin West, The Treaty of Penn with the Indians (1771-2)

Storytelling Centrality of stories to Native culture Oral tradition: adaptation and inheritance Fragments of larger story  not Western tradition of self- contained narratives Interrelationship of people, land, and history

Emily Vincent Quotes from Ceremony “medicine for tight bellies and choked-up throats” (p37) “They blamed liquor and they blamed the war”(p49) “Reports note that since the Second World War a pattern of drinking and violence, not previously seen before, is emerging among Indian veterans” (p49) ________________________ 2013 study of alcohol abuse in USA. Today, 13% of deaths among Native Americans are alcohol related.