For essay #3, utilize ideas, terms, and quotes from Treuer and Ho to address the following question:
How are the actions of individuals both “empowered and constrained” by their position as members of a group?
Questions to get you started:
What defines a “group” and how are these groups created? You might want to think through Ho’s idea of “kinship networks” and/or Treuer’s notion of “culture.”
What does it mean to be part of a group? Can individuals be part of multiple groups? What effect would that have on their position as “empowered and constrained”?
Are individuals “empowered and constrained” in different ways when they are part of an “elite” or more powerful group, as opposed to a “subaltern” or less powerful group?
Use these questions to focus your thoughts and generate ideas as you work to answer the central question of the prompt.
