Native American Philosophy

A young woman returns to her village after a mysterious absence, and she is unable to speak.   How will she return to "normal" life, and how will she reclaim her voice? All the Truth That's in Me  is a young-adult/cross-over novel by Julie Berry published in 2013.   Although it is set in a fictional time and place reminiscent of Puritan New England, the novel also functions as an adaptation of the Classical myth of Io.   The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation will sponsor a discussion group focused on this novel, and you are invited to participate!   When?   Monday, March 2nd, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Where?   Murphy House Seminar Room How?   Free copies of the book will be provided for participants to read in advance, but spots are limited and must be reserved.   If you'd like to participate, email Dr. Resinski at resinski@hendrix.edu .   Because spots are limited, before responding...

Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJE3KDxTbWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvvYRhU5hvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3pslYJjpDo Not slam, but very amazing, I think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7p9Nvar6iU

So here are some snippets from that book.  I wanted some bits about how they obtained the texts, and then I wanted some bits that expressed the ethnological significance of the material.   Here's your task:  Read through this stuff carefully, and then compose an argument.  You can argue that it is morally OK (permissible) for people like us, in a class like this, to read this book.  Or you can argue that it would be immoral.  The point is to give reasons and explain them.    I'm asking you for no more than 1.5 typed pages, single spaced.  So you need to be very efficient with your words.  And you need to get to a printer before the last minute!  This is due at the beginning of class on Monday.  Read carefully! 000 On first visiting the reservation in the summer of 1887, I devoted considerable time to collecting plants used by the Cherokees for food or medicinal purposes, learning a...

I think that this is well done, and it puts some content to the phrase "historical trauma." HERE .

OK, I'll give it a try, for JJ. Dilemmas of Identity, Difference, and Modernity.. Soak in these so that you know them well.  (But keep the headphone volume safe!)   https://archive.org/details/corcl_000089 https://archive.org/details/GRITtv_-_Joy_Harjo_-_Native_People_Had_Been_Disappeared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_zFOsd_pqA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHhbeRJudY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnGnj_e6gBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTJvpfkRRdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJapHc7B8Xs (This last one I want to think about not primarily as a documentary, though it is interesting that way.  I want to think about what it means for THIS to be the OBJECT of investigative/documentary reporting.  What things do we have in that category???  Also, btw, this is Eastman's tribe.)

This is the cool map I showed in class.  Explore it:  HERE .

Wow, we were sort of all wrapped in fog this morning!  We need a much broader array of voices in our conversations.  I'll do my part.    For Wednesday, read the next two chapters--that'll bring us to the end of the book.  Take notes.  Soak.  Think of what Eastman is saying explicitly and implicitly .  Come ready to discuss.  I'll make sure that my caffeine intake is where it needs to be.   

We're off to a good start, I think.  Read two more chapters in the Eastman book.  Carefully, taking notes--we'll write about it in class.  For points! (And since we'll very often be writing in class, consider bringing paper you can easily remove without messing up your notebook.)

1)  Read about this guy:  HERE . 2)  Read the first two chapters (+foreword, dedication poems, intro stuff, too) of a book he wrote:  HERE .