Exploring the Text

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  1. What different views of community did Lori Arviso Alvord experience as she moved from her home in New Mexico to college at Dartmouth?

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: What different views of community did Lori Arviso Alvord experience as she moved from her home in New Mexico to college at Dartmouth?
  2. What is Alvord’s primary method of organization in this essay?

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: What is Alvord’s primary method of organization in this essay?
  3. What is the effect of including the Mountain Chant?

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: What is the effect of including the Mountain Chant?
  4. What impact does the physical landscape in Hanover have on Alvord? Why does she describe the landscape of both Hanover and New Mexico in such detail?

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: What impact does the physical landscape in Hanover have on Alvord? Why does she describe the landscape of both Hanover and New Mexico in such detail?
  5. Which details of life on the reservation does Alvord recall in paragraph 15? Cite specific ones, and explain their importance. Why is the kinaałdá ceremony especially significant?

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: Which details of life on the reservation does Alvord recall in paragraph 15? Cite specific ones, and explain their importance. Why is the kinaałdá ceremony especially significant?
  6. Describe Alvord’s tone in the two paragraphs on the history of Dartmouth and its Native American studies program (paras. 21–22). Cite specific language and examples to support your response.

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: Describe Alvord’s tone in the two paragraphs on the history of Dartmouth and its Native American studies program (paras. 21–22). Cite specific language and examples to support your response.
  7. What is the distinction Alvord makes between a family and a tribe? To what extent do you agree with her?

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: What is the distinction Alvord makes between a family and a tribe? To what extent do you agree with her?
  8. Ultimately, what is Alvord’s attitude toward Dartmouth? Cite specific paragraphs to support your response.

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: Ultimately, what is Alvord’s attitude toward Dartmouth? Cite specific paragraphs to support your response.
  9. What does Alvord mean in the concluding paragraph by “my historical grief and anger”?

    Chapter 6 - Walking the Path between Worlds - Exploring the Text: What does Alvord mean in the concluding paragraph by “my historical grief and anger”?
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