Abstract

Abstract: Chickasaw Linda Hogan’s essay “The Snake People” contains innumerable references to snakes, pointing to the reptile’s exquisite beauty, to its remarkable qualities, and to its representations throughout history. Seemingly parenthetically the essay also alludes to an earth monument in the form of a snake, over 1,200 feet long, constructed by American Indians in what is now Ohio. Catherine Kunce argues that the structure, form, and content of Hogan’s essay itself creates a literary, serpentine monument that invites readers to move beyond abstraction and to become active antidotes to injustice.

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