Plateau Indian Ways with Words: The Rhetorical Tradition of the Tribes of the Inland Pacific Northwest

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Foreword Scott Richard Lyons xiii Introduction xvii 1 “Real Indians” Don’t Rap: Theorizing Indigenous Rhetorics 1 2 Defining Principles of Plateau Indian Rhetoric 20 3 Speaking Straight in Indian Languages, 1855–1870 43 4 Writing in English, 1910–1921 75 5 Deliberating Publicly, 1955–1956 104 6 Writing in School, 2000–2004 128 7 Reassessing the Achievement Gap 157 Afterword Kristin L. Arola 175 Notes 179 Bibliography 197 Index 207 ...