Gómez, Reid

Book review of Native American Adoption, Captivity, and Slavery in Changing Contexts edited by Max Carocci and Stephanie Pratt.

This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.

The author investigates the novel Almanac of the Dead and how it's content and structure focus attention on the central question "who had spiritual possession of the Americas?".

Compares two different editions of Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell’s book Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy (1967 and 2004) and discusses how the readers' perceptions of the same text can be influenced by introductions and forewords.

Discusses how words are used to label and fit ideas neatly into boxes. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.