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Yellow Raft in Blue Water
  • Cultural Terminology
  • Background Notes

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Cultural Competence Definitions
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  • Acculturation.
  • The process of adopting the cultural traits or
    social patterns of another group. In immigrant
    groups, traditional cultural values and the
    protective value they provide may be weakened as
    a result.
  • Assimilation.
  • An intense process of integration in which
    members of an ethno-cultural group, typically
    immigrants, or other minority groups, are
    absorbed into an established, generally larger
    community. This presumes a loss of many
    characteristics which make the newcomers unique.

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  • Cultural heterogeneity.
  • The differences within a cultural group. Large
    population groups, such as Asian Americans,
    Native Americans or Hispanics possess many
    similarities, but also differ by tribe, national
    origin, language, geography and culture.
  • Cultural knowledge.
  • An understanding about some cultural
    characteristics, history, values, beliefs, and
    behaviors of another ethnic or cultural group.
  • Cultural awareness.
  • Being open to the idea of changing cultural
    attitudes.
  • Cultural diversity.
  • Differences in race, ethnicity, language,
    nationality, religion, etc. among various groups
    within a community. A community is said to be
    culturally diverse if its residents include
    members of different groups.

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  • Cultural sensitivity.
  • Knowing that differences exist between cultures,
    but not assigning values to the differences
    (better or worse, right or wrong). Clashes on
    this point can easily occur, especially if a
    custom or belief in question goes against the
    idea of multiculturalism.
  • Discrimination.
  • Differential actions toward others.
  • Ethnocentricity.
  • The belief in the inherent superiority of ones
    own ethnic group or culture, or a tendency to
    view alien groups or cultures from the
    perspective of ones own.
  • Multiculturalism.
  • The preservation of different cultures or
    cultural identities within a unified society, as
    a state or nation.

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  • Racism.
  • The belief that members of one race are superior
    to those of other races.
  • Stereotype.
  • An exaggerated belief about a person or group.
  • Sustainability.
  • The likelihood of a strategy to continue over a
    period of time, especially after specific funding
    ends.
  • Tokenism.
  • A deliberate attempt to include a single
    individual that represents a cultural/racial
    group in order to avoid criticism.

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Key Facts about the Novel
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  • Genre  
  • Coming-of-age story tale of conflict among
    generations
  • Time Place written  
  • 1984, Minnesota
  • Point of view  
  • Each section of the novel is told from a
    different point of view. The first section is
    told from Rayonas perspective, the second from
    Christines, and the third from Idas.

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  • Tone  
  • The tone varies depending on the narrator.
    Rayonas voice is both jaded and naïve,
    Christines voice is irresponsible and playful,
    and Idas voice is resentful yet caring.
  • Tense 
  • Rayona speaks in the present tense, and Christine
    and Ida speak in the past tense.

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Settings 
  • TIME
  • The three stories overlap, but each story spans a
    rough time period the 1980s for Rayona, the
    1960s to the 1980s for Christine, and the 1940s
    to the 1960s for Ida.
  • Place  
  • The novel opens in Seattle, and then moves to a
    reservation in Montana. Most of the events in A
    Yellow Raft in Blue Water take place in one of
    these two locales, although Ida also spends some
    time in Colorado.

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Plot Overview
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  • Major Conflict 
  • Rayona wants to belong and struggles to connect
    to her family Christine wants to raise Rayona
    better than Ida raised her but struggles to
    convert her feelings to action Ida wants to
    interact with the world only on her own terms.
  • Rising Action 
  • Clara gives birth to Christine Christine finds
    out that Lee is dead Christine abandons Rayona
    at Idas

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  • Falling action  
  • Christine and Rayona are reconciled Ida joins
    them at Daytons house for their first cordial
    dinner in years
  • Climax  
  • Rayona rides at the rodeo in Havre and finds the
    courage and confidence to confront her familys
    troubled history.

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Other Literary Elements
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  • Themes
  • Understanding different perspectives the effect
    of past events on later generations finding a
    true identity
  • Motifs  
  • Pop culture faith
  • Symbols   
  • Christines videos Ellens letter braids
  • Foreshadowing
  • Foreshadowing plays a curious role in A Yellow
    Raft in Blue Water. Because the narrative travels
    backward in time, we see a foreshadowing of
    events we have already read about.
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