Assignment 2:6 – Authenticity
5] “To raise the question of ‘authenticity’ is to challenge not only the narrative but also the ‘truth’ behind Salish ways of knowing “(Carlson 59). Explain why this is so according to Carlson, and explain why it is important to recognize this point. When one questions the authenticity of a narrative, they are simultaneously questioning the beliefs of the people to whom that story belongs. Carlson says that “we have grown so accustomed to associating authentic aboriginal culture with pre-contact temporal dimensions that we have dismissed or ignored Native stories…read more