“A Race of Mules”: Mixed-Bloods in Western American FictionPosted in Articles, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, Native Americans/First Nation on 2011-09-03 01:05Z by Steven |
“A Race of Mules”: Mixed-Bloods in Western American Fiction
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies
Volume 15, Number 1 (1995)
ISSN 0715-3244
pages 61-74
Brian Hubner
The regional literature of the American west includes a wide variety of characters. One character is hard to find, however: the Métis or mixed blood, for these novels lack appropriate literary space within their structure for Métis. As a result Métis, when they do appear, are forced to choose between either White or Indian worlds.
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