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Lullaby

by Leslie Marmon Silko

Flight over Four Corners
Read the brief introduction for this National Geographic Society site and then click on Photography and Essay to experience a modern viewer’s response to the western U.S. landscape in which "Lullaby" is set. Note your own thoughts and feelings about this region as you explore the site and record your responses in a journal entry.

An Example of the Navajo Language
This site features an audio clip of a Navajo college student speaking in her native language, along with a written translation of her words. What might Ayah have to say if she were asked to record thirty seconds about her life? Discuss your thoughts with a partner and then note the main ideas from your conversation in the Web Links Activity Log.

Voices from the Gaps: Leslie Marmon Silko
This page, part of a project sponsored by the University of Minnesota, includes a brief biography of Silko, a bibliography, and related links. After reading the information here, discuss with your classmates what themes common to her other works are also present in "Lullaby."

 


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