Introduction: Now is the Time of the Postindian

Year 2020, Issue: 54, 1 - 7, 01.11.2020

Meldan Tanrısal

Abstract

“It is time to change the dialogue about Indians,” says Elizabeth Cook Lynn in an interview. The writer, poet, scholar, educator and
journal editor, Lynn, continues: “We are not just warriors, we are not
just victims of massacre, we are not just drunks in the street, we are not
just Americans, we are Indian Americans, Native Americans” (Lynn
2013). She states that there are many stereotypes about Indians, but
that these should change because Indians have made great progress,
and accomplished a great deal, over the centuries. There are Native
American scholars, writers, lawyers and doctors. Specifically, Lynn
mentions Charles Eastman who was a physician and the only doctor
at Wounded Knee. She also notes Black Elk, a man of philosophy and
religion; the painter Oscar Howe, whose works hang in embassies all
over the world; and Vine Deloria, Jr., who has written over thirty books
on Native American Studies, law, politics, and history.

Keywords

American Literature, American Culture and Literature, American Culture, Cultural Studies, Native Americans

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