Spiraling Webs of Relation

This work builds on indigenous theory as evident in the writing of Willie Ermine Gregory Cajete Craig Womack Jace Weaver Laurie Anne Whitt Linda Tuhiwai Smith Voila Cordova Dennis McPherson and others. It works towards a criticism that in accordance with the precepts of such theory is community-oriented. It argues for a examination of literature in terms of its function for (or against) the community in the expansive sense of the term.