Captured in the Middle: Tradition and Experience in Contemporary Native American Writing

Contents

CONTENTS Introduction 3 House Made ofCards: The Construction ofAmerican Indians 2 1 American Indians, Authenticity, and the Future 39 Vine Deloria Jr.: Reconstructing the Logic of Belief 58 Constituting and Preserving Selfthrough Writing 7 0 Louise Erdrich: Protecting and Celebrating Cu1ture 7 8 James Welch's Indian Lawyer 1 04 Pragmatism and American Indian Thought 1 2 9 Conclusion 1 44 NOTES 1 57 BIBLIOGRAPHY 167 INDEX 175 CAPTURED Tradition and Experience in IN THE Contemporary Native American Writing MIDDLE ...