![]() ![]() And as for government promises, the wind is steadier” ( T 33). Money burns like tinder, flows off like water. In Louise Erdrich’s Tracks, the character Nanapush states the dilemma thusly: “Land is the only thing that lasts life to life. Though they lacked the insatiable greed of their colonizers, the importance of land was keenly felt by those who had lived on it for generations. The story of Native American history since contact with Europeans has been one of land and the diametrically opposed conception of it held by both groups: the former saw it as a setting that supplied sustenance and belonged to everyone within a tribal range, while the latter conceived of it as a commodity that could be owned, parceled, and sold by individuals. Abuses and Allotments: The setting of Louise Erdrich’s Tracks and its importance ![]()
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