"I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to……" — Michael Dorris
"I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount of humility and respect. If it were not for the ethnographic material that had been collected by missionaries and anthropologists and so forth, much of past Native American society would no longer be accessible. What I object to is making kitsch of things that are very serious."
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Grandfather was well known for being stubborn in his ideas. For instance... you had to go to sleep facing east…
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I watched the way you watch when you know you want to remember.
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At different stages in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at…
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Don't ask so many questions and they will all be answered.
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To be known for one's saddest story is not the road to notoriety anyone would willingly choose.
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We Americans are tempted to distinguish ourselves from other current and former inhabitants of this planet by assuming that we…
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My son will forever travel through a moonless night with only the roar of wind for company.... A drowning man…
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Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception,…
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Dinner is to a day what dessert is to dinner.
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The necessity of loyalty between friends, the responsibility that the strong owe the infirm, the illusion of ill-gotten gain, the…
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