The material and the spiritual are two sides of the same reality. The Indians have a holistic and ecologically-oriented approach to existence. Individual is considered an equal part of the whole. The Indian world outlook is nonanthropocentric and devoid of dichotomies. The writer provides a critique of white colonizers who isolated themselves from the natural world turning it into a convenient object for their needs. Silko considers the question of what it means to be Indian in contemporary America. In the novel the Indian stands out not as a “wild, brutal, uncivilized, and soulless renegade”, but as a human being who has lost his conceptual identity due to the centuries old denigration of Indian culture, their discrimination, and constant “westernization”. In her writing Silko breaks the stereotypes of the portrayal of Native Americans.

Writer’s - novel Ceremony (1977) in an attempt to reveal the author’s innovative approach to Tradition, her treatment of the contemporary Indian identity problem. Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of Leslie Marmon Silko’s (1948) – an outstanding American Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas Švietimo akademija Keywords: American Indian literary Renaissance Leslie Marmon Silko dichotomies Tradition Ceremony proper order of the universe Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies Native American Literature: History Revisited in Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Ceremony” Author(s): Daina Miniotaitė Native American Literature: History Revisited in Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Ceremony”

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