Indians in Unexpected Places language materials historian John P

historian John P

This collection resists such a fate

It is where Mama makes her good soup

As a small boy in remote Alberta

a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer

Indians in Unexpected Places language materials historian John PDespite the passage of time, our vision of Native Americans remains locked up within powerful stereotypes. That's why some images of Indians can be so unexpected and disorienting: What is Geronimo doing sitting in a Cadillac? Why is an Indian woman in beaded buckskin sitting under a salon hairdryer? Such images startle and challenge our outdated visions, even as the latter continue to dominate relations between Native and non Native Americans. Philip