1. Leslie Marmon Silko, Ceremony (1977)

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

4. 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

6. 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)
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2013 study of alcohol abuse in USA. Today, 13% of deaths among Native Americans are alcohol related.