House Made of Dawn | Historical Context
The Postwar Reservation
As with many other minority groups in America, Native American populations became more connected with the mainstream culture as a result of World War II. Prejudice and discriminatory policies did not disappear overnight, but the fact that people from ethnic subcultures were thrown together in barracks in the war led to some softening social boundaries. Many whites met real Indians for the first time, and many Indians met their first whites.
Like Abel in House Made of Dawn, many Native Americans came back to the reservations they had lived on with...
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