"English is, from my point of view as……" — Paula Gunn Allen
"English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature should be a discipline, certainly growing from England and France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, and the Native traditions, particularly because those helped form the American canon. Those are our backgrounds. And then we'd be doing it the way it ought to be done. And someday I hope that it will be."
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Paula Gunn Allen
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13 Quotes by Paula Gunn Allen
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America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and…
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Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.
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Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find…
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Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed…
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An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.
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In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help…
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The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of…
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There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and…
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For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things…
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The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to…
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Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.
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Healing the self means committing ourselves to a wholehearted willingness to be what and how we are-beings frail and fragile,…
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