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American Indian Rhetorics of Survivance: Word Medicine, Word Magic Edited by Ernest Stromberg
In his introduction to this collection, Stromberg offers rich insight into American Indian rhetorics, beginning with the point that the exclusion of American Indians voices and practices from the Western rhetorical tradition is part of what Stephen Riggins calls the … Continue reading
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Yagleski, Robert “A Rhetoric of Contact: Tecumseh and the Native American Confederacy”
In this essay (1995), Yagleski draws on the work of Mary Louise Pratt to define rhetoric as a “site of contact and social struggle between Native Americans and white Americans iin the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries” (66). As a … Continue reading
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Stromberg, Ernest — Introduction to “Rhetoric and American Indians”
Introduction to “Rhetoric and American Indians” Ernest Stromberg Ernest Stromberg begins his introduction to “Rhetoric and American Indians” with an explanation of why the concept of American Indian Rhetorics is so complicated. Not only is the term rhetoric a … Continue reading
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“Rhetorics of Survivance: How American Indians Use Writing” Malea Powell
Malea Powell begins this article by articulating the transformative potential of stories to construct “new histories and theories” in our discipline, which in adhering to The Rhetorical Tradition maintains a Western Eurocentric perspective and contributes, perhaps unknowingly, to the … Continue reading
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“Rhetorical Sovereignty” Scott Lyons
Lyons begins his powerful essay “Rhetorical Sovereignty” with the profound claim that writing has played a major role in eradicating tribal identities and cultures and replacing them with the cultural values and beliefs of white civilization. Because of the … Continue reading
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Powell, Malea
Powell, Malea. “Extending the Hand of Empire: American Indians and the Reform Movement, a Beginning” In this essay, Powell describes the discursive interactions of Susan LaFleche Picotte and the Women’s National Indian Association (WNIA). In exploring this rhetorical relationship, … Continue reading
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Enoch, Jessica
Enoch, Jessica “’Semblances of Civilization’: Zitkala Sa’s Resistence to White Education” In this essay, Enoch juxtaposes the autobiographical work of Zitkala Sa’s rhetoric with the Carlisle Indian Boarding School papers in order to demonstrate Zitakala’s direct rhetorical resistance to … Continue reading
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Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth “The American Indian Fiction Writer: “Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, the Third World and First Nation Sovereignty” (1993)
In this article, although Cook-Lynn is discussing contemporary troubles with the literary canon, Cook-Lynn troubles the notion of justifying the exploration of Native American rhetorics as a means to expand the rhetorical canon or make the canon more inclusive. Cook-Lynn … Continue reading
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Cobb, Amanda “Powerful Medicine: The Rhetoric of Comanche Activist LaDonna Harris”
In this article, “Powerful Medicine: The Rhetoric of Comanche Activist LaDonna Harris,” Amanda Cobb models a solid social history of American Indian rhetoric. Cobb begins her article by articulating the need for social histories of contemporary American Indian rhetoric … Continue reading
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Progress on My Social History of Rhetorics Project
In thinking of how to organize my social history of rhetoric project, I have been tinkering with the idea of collage. Beam essentially rewrites history through collage and montage of seemingly unrelated icons, indices, and symbols. These techniques allow him … Continue reading
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