NAIS notes Flashcards
1
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Vine Deloria Jr on what it means to be Indian and what Indians need in 1969
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to be indian is to be unreal and ahistorical; indians do not need to be studied, they need to be left alone
2
Q
Scott Richard Lyons’ notion of the x-mark
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a sign of consent made under conditions that are not of one’s own making, a simultaneous display and lack of agency/power
3
Q
Paul Chaat Smith’s notion of romanticism
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a deeply ideological system of racism that encompasses language culture history, an ideological swamp, reflected in the word choice of tribe over nation, tipi over cabin
