The Cherokee Night (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Lynn Riggs
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1895-1931
- Setting: Oklahoma
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Nineteenth century, Midwest, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Frontier or pioneer life, Protestantism or Protestant churches
- Locales: Oklahoma
Characters Discussed
Viney Jones (later Viney Clepper), a frontier schoolteacher. Given to crudity and ruthlessness, Viney herself is the product of education by whites. She is trained sufficiently to become a teacher of children herself. She resents her Cherokee heritage and eventually abandons it and moves to town, presumably married to a white man. She returns to Claremore Mound to visit her sister, Sarah, who is living in poverty, not so much to help her but to be arrogant in her treatment of her. Viney represents the Cherokees of the younger generation who have given...
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