“Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves.” KnowsWorldNeedsHumansHuman BeingsTradition Book:The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions Source: The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
“English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature should be a discipline, certainly growing from England and France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, and the Native traditions, particularly because those helped form the American canon. Those are our backgrounds. And then we'd be doing it the way it ought to be done. And someday I hope that it will be.” WayShouldDoneFormLiteratureViewsGrowingOughtDisciplineTraditionEnglandPoint Of ViewBackgroundsFranceGermanyNativeSomedaySpainEthnicityAmerican LiteratureCanonDenmarkEnglish LiteratureComparative Literature Author:Paula Gunn Allen
“In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise the kids, and he protects the people. His entire life is toward balance and cooperativeness. The ideal of manhood is the same as the ideal of womanhood. You are autonomous, self-directing, and responsible for the spiritual, social and material life of all those with whom you live.” PeopleIfsMenDoeSelfHelpingKidsSpiritualLife IsSocialGrowsMaterialsBalanceProtectAdultsIdealsTraditionResponsibleRaisesNativeMatureRitualNative AmericanNurtureWomanhoodManhoodAutonomousAmerican Tradition Author:Paula Gunn Allen
