Editing Cornell 2000 (section)

===Main Argument===
Historical and cultural context in conversations revolving around communities is important as shown in the first interaction with the tribal leader of the Native American reservation they were visiting. History is what creates these ethnic identities and therefore it remains the core of them. This history becomes a narrative, especially in times of disturbance around the community. What is being built when we construct an ethnic identity? 

*In order to discuss the current economic and political situations of different ethnic groups or communities, we must first understand their context: the events they have experienced, what they have done, and who they are
*Three main points:
**Identities often take a narrative form
**This narrative form usually becomes most salient when the formerly stable foundation of collective identity is called into question
**The narrativization of identity is tied to power relations