Part one of term paper
I feel that what Claire Farrer means by living in the "mythic present" is that although most Indian culture is perceived long to have been different, it is in fact very live and active today. I will give specific examples from her book, Thunder Rides a Black Horse, to support my arguments of what the "mythic present" actually means and ...

Part two of term paper
... What mainstream Americans consider to have happened longago, if it happened at all,is real and present during everyday life onreservations" (2). Farrer obviously feels that there are many misconceptions among the mainstream Americans about the Indians, inparticularly the Mescalero Apache. I feel she uses her book primarily as actual proof that in many ways the Indians' culture is the same now in thought, song, narrative, everyday life, religion, and in rituals as many generations bef ...