Lionel, Wounded Knee, and Intertextuality . Characteristic of character in Thomas Kings "Running water"

Lionel Red Dog, one of Thomas King's characters in his novel Green Grass, Running Water, was an employee of the government. He worked in Indian Affairs, and his job took him all over North America. It was in South Dakota that Lionel had his last assignment.         Lionel was sent to Utah to deliver a speech on 'The History of Cultural Pluralism in Canada's Boarding Schools.' While there, he runs into a band of natives …

…telling of the happenings at Wounded Knee. Bibliography King, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. United States: HarperCollins, 1994. Zimmerman, Bill. Airlift to Wounded Knee. Chicago, Illinois: The Swallow Press         Incorporated, 1976. Lyman, Stanley David. Wounded Knee 1973: A Personal Account. Ed. Floyd O'neil,         June Lyman, and Susan McKay. Nebraska: University of Nebraska         PressLincoln & London, 1991. Brown, Dee. Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee. United States: Holt, Rinehart and         Winston, 1971. ---. Wounded Knee. United States: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974.