Narrative chance is the fourth of four postmodern conditons invigorating the critique and discourse of native and postindian lit. One of Vizenor's many dichotomies. Irony plays a major role in understanding how the colonizing mindset views civilization…

The double other is a construct of the literature of dominance. Native persons are cast as characters, pronouns which describe opposite ends of savagism and salvation. Colonizers then seek to inhabit these imagined native others, and replace…

Honor is about relation. It is about the creation of a more suitable world. It is the reification of values in conduct. Honor is not a title, it is a way of practicing being in relation with oneself and community. Honor is built by sharing stories…

The word manifest manners arose out of Vizenor's experience with educators at Park Rapids High School in northern Minnesota. It describes a curious kind of racialist way of approaching native people (students at first) with a deference toward…

A postindian is a person formerly referred to through the caricature of manifest manners as an Indian. The postindian is a presence. There is nothing to believe here. Postindian warriors can be honorable or dishonorable and anywhere in between…

Narrative chance is the fourth of four postmodern conditons invigorating the critique and discourse of native and postindian lit. One of Vizenor's many dichotomies. Irony plays a major role in understanding how the colonizing mindset views civilization…