“Bringing Things Together": Tribalography, Lakota Language, and Communal Healing in Frances Washburn’s Elsie’s Business and The Sacred White Turkey

Joanna Ziarkowska

doi:10.31261/rias.6989

Published: 2018-09-23

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2019)

“Bringing Things Together"

Joanna Ziarkowska

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Tribalography, Lakota Language, and Communal Healing in Frances Washburn’s Elsie’s Business and The Sacred White Turkey

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The article applies the concept of tribalography, as defined by LeAnne Howe, to examine two novels by Frances Washburn, Elsie's Business and The Sacred White Turkey in order to demonstrate how Washburn participates in the discourse of native languages revitalization and thus offers an interesting comment on the potential of communal healing.

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language revitalization , tribalography , communal healing , Frances Washburn , Lakota , Lakota culture , healing , storytelling , story telling , community

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Ziarkowska, J. (2018). “Bringing Things Together": Tribalography, Lakota Language, and Communal Healing in Frances Washburn’s Elsie’s Business and The Sacred White Turkey. Review of International American Studies, 12(1), 45–64. https://doi.org/10.31261/rias.6989

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