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Essay on Native American Culture from "Tracks" by Louise Erdrich
In Louise Erdrich’s Tracks, Native American humor challenges fate, nourishes the human spirit, and gives strength and hope for survival. “The powers to heal and to hurt, to bond and to exorcise, to renew and to purge remain the contrary powers of Indian humor” (Peterson, 1994).
Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender.....
