Leslie Marmon Silko: Landscape, History, and the Pueblo Imagination

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This activity contains 3 questions.

Consider Silko’s final story about the slaughter of her own ancestors. In what ways does this story explain, elaborate on, and summarize the central points she makes throughout the essay?

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Compare Silko’s observations with those of N. Scott Momaday in “The Way to Rainy Mountain” (p. 555). Based on these two essays, what are some similarities and differences between the two writer’s native cultures?

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Write an essay about a landscape that has significant meaning for you. How similar and different is it for you to attempt to view landscape as Silko describes here?

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