ay-past events have left imprints that are very visible today, but depending on the version of the story told or what one is subjected to will have an influence of how that event is portrayed and later used in one's life. For example, students in the United States learn history through textbooks written by man-one or a few men's interpretation of what occurred years ago. People throughout the United States are learning one version of the story, which means the story, is biased. One does not get the whole picture-pieces are missing, and many times (most of the time) people are raised not knowing the truth of the real events that took place. This is where the controversy begins.
             Throughout the pages of Leslie Marmon Silko's novel, Almanac of the Dead, the differences in perspective of oral and written culture are illustrated. Religion, science, politics, economics, and art are all elements that make up these cultures and effect the communication between Western and Indigenous societies. Starting off, people of oral culture believe that ev
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