We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition Pawnee Jim Thorpe rose to world

Jim Thorpe rose to world fame as a mythic talent who excelled at every sport

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We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition Pawnee Jim Thorpe rose to worldAfter centuries of colonization, this important new work recovers the literary record of Oceti Sakowin (historically known to some as the Sioux Nation) women, who served as their tribes' traditional culture keepers and culture bearers. In so doing, it furthers discussions about settler colonialism, literature, nationalism, and gender. Women and land form the core themes of the book, which brings tribal and settler colonial narratives into comparative