The common pot : the recovery of native space in the Northeast

The common pot : the recovery of native space in the Northeast / Lisa Brooks.

Literary critics frequently portray early Native American writers either as individuals caught between two worlds or as subjects who, even as they defied the colonial world, struggled to exist within it. In striking counterpoint to these analyses, Lisa Brooks demonstrates the ways in which Native le...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brooks, Lisa Tanya (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2008]
Series:Indigenous Americas.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Psychology.
Indian philosophy.
Sacred space > North America.
Sacred space > Northeastern States.
Geographical perception > North America.
Geographical perception > Northeastern States.
American literature > Indian authors > History.
HISTORY > Native American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
American literature > Indian authors
Geographical perception
Indian philosophy
Indians of North America > Psychology
Sacred space
Northeastern States > History.
North America
Northeastern States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Alnôbawôgan, Wlôgan, Awikhigan: entering native space
  • Restoring a dish turned upside down: Samson Occom, the Mohegan land case, and the writing of communal remembrance
  • Two paths to peace: competing visions of the common pot
  • Regenerating the village dish: William Apess and the Mashpee woodland revolt
  • Envisioning New England as native space: William Apess's Eulogy on King Philip
  • Awikhigawôgan: mapping the genres of indigenous writing in the network of relations
  • Concluding thoughts from Wabanaki space: literacy and the oral tradition.

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