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Posted inLiterature

Western Lit: The Interaction Between Tourism, Native Culture Is Fascinating in ‘So, How Long Have You Been Native?’

Alexis C. Bunten understands what it’s like to be an outsider. A mix of Alaska Native, Swedish “and something else, French Canadian, I think,” the writer spent her childhood moving across the country, from Hawaii to South Dakota to Alaska and Washington state. She may have faced less outright discrimination than her mother and grandmother, […]

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