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Questions _ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Please answer in complete, coherent sentences, citing from the text where called for. No credit will be given for answers containing plagiarism.

1.What does Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz say about master narratives, their purpose and function, and how they gain hold in society?

2.How has the myth of the “vanishing Indian” worked as part of the master narrative of U.S. settler nationalism?

3.Explain Jeani O’Brien’s critique of “myths that equate blood purity and cultural stasis with Native authenticity” (Dunbar-Ortiz 13). How do problematic notions of “authenticity” (as defined by settlers) serve the U.S. settler-colonial project?

4.Discuss Christopher Columbus’ interactions with the Arawak people he encountered in the “New World.” CITE passages from the text to support your answer.

5.What does Dunbar-Ortiz say about life in the ancestral land of the Wampanoag prior to the arrival of the “Pilgrims”? What were some of the first actions carried out by the “Pilgrims” when they arrived in the area?