Scott Richard Lyons

TL;DR: In this paper, American Indians are making clear what they want from the hereto-fore compromised technology of writing, and they use the concept of Rhetorical Sovereignty, a people's control of its meaning, as a way of expressing their independence.

TL;DR: For at least a century the Bible played a significant, positive role in Native American letters starting with the eighteenth-century writings of Samson Occom as discussed by the authors , although his sermons were sometimes tailored for Indian audiences and topics.