Exploring the Text

Exploring the Text

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  1. Rayna Green is director of the American Indian Program at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. How does knowing that affect your reading of her proposal?

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    Exploring the Text: - Rayna Green is director of the American Indian Program at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. How does knowing that affect your reading of her proposal?
  2. How would you describe Green’s tone at the beginning of the piece?

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    Exploring the Text: - How would you describe Green’s tone at the beginning of the piece?
  3. How does Green use “shawl and blanket raffles” (par. 1) to satirize white culture?

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    Exploring the Text: - How does Green use “shawl and blanket raffles” (par. 1) to satirize white culture?
  4. Which artifacts in the proposed museum does Green use to criticize actual Indian museums? Explain.

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    Exploring the Text: - Which artifacts in the proposed museum does Green use to criticize actual Indian museums? Explain.
  5. Are you amused by Green’s proposal? Offended? Explain.

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    Exploring the Text: - Are you amused by Green’s proposal? Offended? Explain.
  6. Take note of Green’s audience. What might have been their likely response? How might the response differ, if at all, if the address were delivered to a “white persons” audience? Explain.

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    Exploring the Text: - Take note of Green’s audience. What might have been their likely response? How might the response differ, if at all, if the address were delivered to a “white persons” audience? Explain.