Modernism's Ventriloquist Texts: American Poetry, Gender, and Indian Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Maureen Shannon Salzer
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1998.
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.