11.21.16+and+11.22.16

Topics/themes for "Evolution" by Sherman Alexie:
 * The irony of false portrayal in dominant cultures (THE MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES)
 * Loss of identity and culture due to manifest destiny
 * Exploitation and its cost on NA peoples/culture
 * Evolution--reversal or questioning the process
 * Cultural appropriation as it feeds into internalized oppression
 * Dehumanization--effect over time
 * The way that Alexie is talking back to dominant culture and to NA as well
 * Exploitation of a group or people--in this case white culture benefiting off of NA culture
 * The cycle of internalized oppression--linked to dehumanization
 * Pawning off of culture/evolution: who has the power to create the cycle of oppression?
 * Cultural appropriation means that white culture has the power to control the story of NA history
 * American/US government taking advantage of NA culture historically
 * Buffalo Bill--symbol of white culture, the buffalo is a symbol of NA culture, dehumanization and the buffalo=treatment of NA
 * History repeating itself=opposite of evolution (irony)
 * Greed and power: transfer of power is linked to the transfer of identity
 * Dominant culture controlling others is linked to them being able to paint a picture in which they are not the antagonist (bad guys): white culture tells the story, so whites get to be the protagonists (good guys)

Talk Back Poem: Here's the assignment we worked on to combine your three "Stanza Poems" into one, and then to analyze your own poem in an Artist Statement https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l_OS6ZYRGirQVarc5i3NhKYxLL1hDcR7HgMJGTts2Dw/edit?usp=sharing

Work time on Talk Back Poem

HW: Your Talk Back Poem, your Artist Statement, and your line collection worksheets are DUE the first class after Thanksgiving Break. Please submit the Talk Back Poem and Artist Statement in the same document in your google folder.