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3:7 Hyperlinking Green Grass, Running Wate

The section that I will be covering in Green Grass, Running Water is the introduction of Eli Stand Alone with the focus upon on his role in the story: standing his ground by literally remaining inside his mothers house to stop the … Continue reading

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3:5 The Four Humorous Indians

Narratives assume, in Blanca Chester’s words, “a common matrix of cultural knowledge.” The Four Old Indians are perhaps the best examples of characters that belong to a matrix of cultural knowledge, which excludes many non-First Nations. What were your first … Continue reading

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2:4 Two Sides to Every ‘Written Document’

Question 5 “If Europeans were not from the land of the dead, or the sky, alternative explanations which were consistent with indigenous cosmologies quickly developed” (“First Contact” 43). Robinson gives us one of those alternative explanations in his stories about … Continue reading

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2:3 Your Home, His Home, Her Home, My Home.

Read at least 6 students blog short stories about ‘home’ and make a list of BOTH the common shared assumptions, values and stories that you find and look for differences as well; look to see if you can find student peers … Continue reading

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