University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 22, 1990
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Stereotypes plague Indians
Lecturer: Many portrayals are inaccurate
By Mark McHugh
Kansan staff writer
American Indians often are depicted as primitive and barbarous by U.S. media, an Emporia State University professor said yesterday.
James Hoy, professor of English, spoke to about 30 people at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union as part of the "Celebration of Native American Literature." The program is co-sponsored this week by the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Junior College.
"A disturbing number of our fellow citizens from either coast think buffalo still roam and Indians still hunt them in an authority on Great Flains folklore."
He said that the depictions were inaccurate and that a few writers,
such as Thomas Berger, Ken Kesey and John Neilhard, had written about American Indians in a manner that did not perpetuate the stereotypes.
him," Hoy said. "Popular writers have idealized him or demonized him. The Indian is as proud and secure as any American, and this is worthy of serious literary attention." Hoy said that when asked to remember famous American Indian leaders, he remembered the most feared ones, such as G voomin and Bull.
"The ones remembered are the dangerous ones because they fought back."
Hoy said American Indians had been misrepresented in the media because the reality of the American
Indian experience was too painful for the United States to confront.
Bernard Hirsch, KU associate professor of English, said after the speech that people were becoming more aware of American Indian cultures and more publishing companies were printing works by American Indians.
"There's more visibility for the young writers," Hirsch said. "It's on the rise now."
Hirsch, one of the organizers of this week's celebration, said he hoped KU and Haskell would have more collaborative programs like the one this week. He also hoped that cooperation between the two schools would be much greater than in the past.
He said that such cooperation would make the KU campus more receptive to American Indian visitors.
Lecture addresses witchlore
Social concerns redefine occult image
By Christine Reinolds Kansan staff writer
The familiar image of a cackling, green-skinned hag dressed in black usually comes to mind when people think of a witch.
But many of the people who attended the lecture about witches last night at Lewis Hall came with open and curious minds.
Sue Westwind, area coordinator for the Witches' League for Public Awareness, spoke to about 30 students at Magnus, beliefs and witchs of witchs.
The league was formed in response to the movie "The Witches of Eastwick," which portrayed witches inaccurately.
Westwind said the religion of witches was derived from the ancient worship of the earth and the mother goddess.
Westwind said that customs and beliefs, although varied among different covens, generally were rooted in paganism. The worship of witches who worship together.
Many witches are active politically.
"They are involved in animal rights and nuclear power protests as well as pro-choice marches," Westwind said.
Stephanie Davis, Wichita freshman, said she came to the lecture because she was concerned about misunderstanding people.
"I have my own beliefs, and I believe to each his own," Davis said.
Westwind said the exact number of witches was hard to estimate but that she knew of two covens in Lawrence, Web of Ox 2 and Anarcho-Pagan, together comprising about 60 to 70 people. Witches number 1 million to 2 million worldwide.
Witches are not to be confused with Satanists.
"Satanism is a backlash of Christianity, and we do not condone it in any way," Westwind said.
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