Deloria, with her analytical investigation, Indians in Unexpected Places, narrates the synthesis of the expectations of Western whites and American Indians. The book takes its title from the overall thesis, which explores not only the relationship between Indians and their introduction into a foreign culture, but also the expectations we have of Indians and how they "should" interact with our white Western culture . According to Deloria, the common idea is that “Indians, huddled on isolated and poor reservations, missed modernity – almost missed history itself.” (Deloria p. 6) This falsified expectation we have of Native American people causes us to balk at the anomalies of an Indian when combined with Western culture. Deloria, in the introduction, begins with an image of an American Indian using modern language. bubble style hair dryer in hair salon. This image is often laughed at, as Deloria says, because of our inherent expectation that an Indian would wear buckskin on the plains rather than in a barbershop. Often, once the subject of stereotypes, nastiness, and expectations is broached, the laughter or smile disappears. The preconceived ideal of what an American Indian should be is so deeply ingrained in us that we don't even think about it when we judge a so-called anomaly like the woman under the hairdryer. Deloria organizes her work into five sections, in the form of essays. These address issues surrounding stereotypes and the expectations we have of Indigenous peoples, from different aspects. The first focuses on the idea of ​​violence and the popular notion of a savage representation of Indians. The second focuses on the Native American view of themselves......middle of article......perception of indigenous people, because the current state is far from satisfactory. Deloria succeeded in her argument and presentation during this work, and allowed me to realize my expectations which were perhaps latent and unconscious. My favorite essay in the book was one that focused on technology and automobiles in Native American culture. Until this chapter, I hadn't realized how anachronistic "wild and primitive" Indians looked when depicted in an automobile or with a gun. This realization in my mind was really interesting to see, as I had always found it strange to see a headdress next to an artificial machine, but I couldn't explain why this was before Deloria's analysis. The unnaturalness of this anachronism was due to my personal expectations of where an Indian should be, and even a latent superiority that led me to judge the image..