abject, 5, 41, 57, 93, 123, 129, 132, 165, 181

Ácoma, 1, 53–54

agency, 74, 94, 100, 102, 116, 118, 120, 123, 165, 179, 182

Albuquerque, N.M., 20, 34, 37

“Allegory of the Cave” (Plato), 13, 65, 163–164

American Dream, 20, 24, 111, 172

Anglo, 2–3, 5, 9–10, 18, 22–23, 41, 55, 64, 71, 85, 90–91, 103, 113, 123, 128, 144–145, 163, 177

appropriation, 8–10, 19, 22, 26, 36, 60, 67, 92, 97, 129, 145, 153–154, 157, 159, 163–164

architecture, 19, 46, 95

articulation

native, 7, 88, 114, 132, 153, 172

Western, 1, 7, 42, 92–93, 97, 100, 115

authentic experience, 19, 95

Aztecs, 3

Bhabha, Homi, 31, 149

Bible, 115, 119–120, 128, 134

boundaries, 49, 101, 146–147, 155, 158, 167

captivity, 114, 131, 133–135

cathedral, 19, 46–48, 52, 55–56, 65, 68–70, 162, 178

Catholic order, 33–36, 45, 56, 162

Ceremony (Silko), 2, 9–12, 15, 145–173, 177–178, 181

civilized, 3, 9, 25, 29, 32–34, 41, 50, 74, 105, 133

civilization, 22–24, 26, 30, 32, 34, 43, 47, 49, 53, 55, 62–63, 67, 71, 82, 84–85, 93, 125

civilizing mission, 31, 37, 43, 49–50

Cixous, Hélène, 57–58, 123

claims to knowledge, 1, 4, 9–10, 12–13, 17, 24, 29, 31, 33–34, 36–37, 40, 43–45, 47, 49, 53–54, 56, 62, 66, 68, 86, 88, 92–94, 113, 115, 117–118, 122, 126, 129, 131, 133, 135–136, 138–140, 142, 145, 161–164, 176, 179, 181, 183

collecting, 97, 99

colonial

authority, 34, 37

discourse, 31

narrative, 119

outpost, 37, 43, 49

colonization, 1, 3, 7, 43, 47, 52, 117, 131

colonizer, 8, 31, 40, 100, 125, 129, 173

competing narratives, 22, 177

complicity, 33, 42, 48, 54, 98, 115, 118, 129, 132, 164, 167, 170

contact zone, 11, 52, 134, 145, 161, 177–178

counter-discourse, 7

counternarrative, 182

counterstory, 7

Crazy Woman (Horsley), 2, 9–12, 14, 113–144, 161–164, 168–169, 175–176, 178, 180