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babies. She could not remember if she had ever sung it to her children, but she knew that her grandmother had sung it and her mother had sung it”  Lullaby – Leslie Marmon Silko  Trauma and break down of tradition and culture “The music ended. And so does the story. I wasn’t there. But I imagined her like this, not a stained red dress with tape on her heels/ but the deer who entered our dream in white dawn, breathed mist into pine trees, her fawn a blessing of meat, the ancestors who never left.”  Deer Dancer – Joy Harjo  Blending of tradition and pop culture, named after the dance “You Indians. How the hell do you laugh so much? I just picked you ass off the railroad tracks, and you’re making jokes. Why the hell do you do that?” “The two funniest tribes I’ve ever been around are Indians and Jews, so I guess that says something about the inherent humor of genocide”  What You pawn I will redeem – Sherman Alexie  Self awareness of stereotypes, cultural identity and awareness “Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures: 47 black faces: my father, mother, grandmothers (1 dead), grandfathers (both dead), brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins (1 st and 2 nd ) nieces, and nephews. They stare across the space at me sprawling on my bunk. I know their dark eyes, they know mine. I know their style, they know mine. I am all of them, they are all of me”  The Idea of Ancestry – Etheridge Knight  The juxtaposition of a family both intrinsically connected and systematically separated

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