Choosing America's Heroes and Villains: Lessons Learned from the Execution of Silon Lewis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon A. Mihesuah
American Indian Quarterly , vol. 29, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2005, pp. 239-262
Description
Editorial article examines how the execution of the Choctaw man Silon Lewis is framed in the social narrative which surrounds it and how that framing allows Lewis to be seen as a “savage” or villain rather that a hero protecting his people and culture.