SURFACING THE ODDITIES – AN ILLUMINATION ON LESLIE MARMON SILKO’s CEREMONY

Abstract

The land of Native America is renowned for its oral tradition, ancestral heritage, rich civilization and mythical beliefs. Apart from them, the roles of the indigenous women in the land are also inevitable. The aboriginal people of the land have an emotional bonding with the land. Moreover, the Native American women who are primitive by nature, have been deeply associated with nature and her resources. They possess the strong notion that any living being which is born from nature, returns to the land after their death. The native women have many successive roles to be cast in the home, society and land. Such deeds of the indigenous women are not recognized and their views are oppressed by the colonizers and the Native American men. This paper aims to explore the roles of the various classes of women in the novel Ceremony. Each and every woman in the novel has contributed immensely to the development of the land, their families and they have established their identity over the White-stricken society. They have faced untold miseries and traumas throughout their lives. This paper gives a vivid and detailed analysis of the indigenous women involved in the famous Native American novel Ceremony and how their significance and invincible nature creates a positive influence over the land.