Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ179657
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Publication Date: 1977
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"Old Fish Hawk": From Stereotype to Archetype
Lawson, Lewis A.
American Indian Quarterly, 3, 4, 321-33, W 77-78
In Mitchell F. Jayne's "Old Fish Hawk" (1970) about an Osage who suddenly discovers that he has exceeded the scriptural three score and ten, the traditional theme in white American literature that the men of the dark castes have a valuable wisdom to offer the sons of the white caste is continued. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Characterization, Ethnic Stereotypes, Fiction, Literary Perspective, Literature, Proverbs
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